WORD  BOOK 

OF  THE 

HISTORICAL  PAGEANT 

OF  THE   FOUNDING   OF 

NewHarmony.  Indiana 

1614 
PRESENTED  JUNE  13  1914 

PRICE  25  CENT5 


HISTORICAL  PAGEANT 


Closing  the  Centennial  Celebration,  June  6-13,  19 14-,  of  the  Founding 
of  New  Harmony,  Indiana,  in  1814- 


PRESENTED  BY 

THE  SCHOOL  CHILDREN  OF  THE  TOWN  ASSISTED 

BY  THEIR  FRIENDS 

JUNE  13,  1914,  AT  EARLY  CANDLE-LIGHT 


BOOK  OF  WORDS 

By 

CHARITY  DYE 


MANAGER  W.  V.  MANGRUM 

HISTORIAN  MRS.  NORA  FRETAGEOT 

DIRECTOR  MRS.  MARY  H.  FLANNER 


THE  COVER   WAS    DESIGNBO   BY 

A/IRS.  HAROLD  HAVEN  BROWN 


COPYRIGHT,  NINETEEN-FOURTEEN 

By  charity  DYE 

ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED 


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DEDICATED 

TO  THE  SCHOOL  CHILDREN 

OF  NEW  HARMONY 


PREFATORY  NOTE 

The  school  children's  historical  pageant  is  a  distinct  division  of  pageantry  in 
itself,  demanding  special  considerations  of  time,  preparation,  choice  of  material, 
and  adjustments  to  the  age  and  development  of  those  taking  part.  It  should  be 
borne  in  mind  that  children  have  no  large  background  of  experience  and  hence 
the  methods  used  with  adults  can  not  be  used  with  them.  The  evolution  of  the 
school  pageant  has  been  in  response  to  the  play  spirit  along  educative  lines,  and 
marks  a  difference  between  the  mere  spectacular  performance,  which  is  gotten  up 
in  haste  and  dies  as  soon  as  it  is  born,  and  the  one  that  makes  permanent  im- 
pression of  what  is  valuable  to  the  development  of  the  pupil,  and  is  presented  in 
conformity  to  the  known  laws  of  education.  Under  the  wise  management  of 
Mr.  Mangrum,  the  superintendent  of  the  schools,  who  began  five  months  in  ad- 
vance, the  New  Harmony  pageant  soon  proved  its  educational  value.  It  has 
made  community  interest  and  co-operation  a  living  reality;  it  has  telescoped  the 
history  of  the  town  and  the  region  in  the  minds  of  the  children  and  taught  them 
of  people  and  events  more  vividly  than  could  have  been  otherwise  possible;  it 
has  united  the  entire  school  system  of  the  place  by  giving  every  child  some  active 
part  in  preparing  for  the  great  historic  event  of  celebrating  the  founding  of  the 
town.  The  very  least  ones  have  been  cutting  with  the  scissors  the  pageant 
scenes,  outlined  by  the  teacher,  and  making  silhouettes ;  others  have  been  draw- 
ing the  outlines;  some  naming  the  birds  of  the  district;  others,  the  trees;  and 
still  others  noting  the  procession  of  wild  flowers,  all  to  show  the  nature  of  the 
region.  Older  ones  are  making  maps  of  the  town  and  the  topography  of  the 
land,  or  drawing  posters,  and  the  prominent  buildings  of  historical  note.  The 
higher  grades  are  using  the  scenes  in  original  composition  work  of  character 
study  and  the  dramatization  of  events.  Music  has  been  a  feature  all  the  way 
along.  Boys  have  been  heard  singing  "Lo !  I  Uncover  the  Land"  from  the 
pageant,  with  happy  loud  voice.  New  Harmony  is  a  rural  community  with  only 
three  hundred  school  children ;  what  has  been  done  there  is  possible  to  some 
degree  in  every  community  in  the  state.  The  pageant  lends  itself  especially  to 
rural  regions  wherever  there  is  a  school  or  several  schools  to  unite  in  a  fes- 
tival for  honoring  those  who  have  helped  to  make  public  education  possible.  The 
near  approach  of  the  centenary  of  the  Statehood  of  Indiana  in  1916 — furnishes 
the  psychological  moment  that  makes  it  both  a  privilege  and  a  duty  to  arouse  in 
every  school  in  the  state,  a  new  interest  in  its  own  environment  or  local  history, 
thus  leading  to  a  wider  interest  and  conception  of  historic  growth.  The  work 
of  the  historical  pageant  in  the  schools  of  Indiana  should  begin  next  September 
so  as  to  give  ample  time  without  interfering  with  the  regular  work  that  must 
otherwise  be  done.  Richmond,  Vincennes,  Fort  Wayne,  LaFayette  and  many 
other  Indiana  cities  are  especially  rich  in  pageant  material,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
wealth  in  this  respect  in  the  rural  communities  on  every  side. 

Charity  Dye. 

May  20,  1914. 


ORDER  OF  EVENTS  IN  THE  PAGEANT 

INTRODUCTION 

The  Forest  Primeval 
The  Prologue 
Statement  of  the  Pages 

Episode  I 

EARLY  LIFE  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE 
WABASH  VALLEY 

Scene  I.  The  Indians  and  French  Fur  Traders 

Scene  II.  The  French  Missionaries 

Scene  III.  The  British  Red  Coat  and  the  Colonial  Soldier 

Scene  IV.  The  Pioneer 

Episode  II 

THE  FOUNDING  OF  NEW  HARMONY  BY 
THE  RAPPITES  IN  1814 
Scene  I.       The  Landing  of  the  Men  in  1814 
Scene  II.     The  Landing  of  the  Families  One  Year  Later,  1815 
Scene  III.    A  Day  in  the  Rappite  Community 
Scene  IV.    The  Transference  of  Harmonie  to  Robert  Owen 
Scene  V.     The  Departure  of  the  Rappites,  1825 

Episode  III 
THE  OWEN  COMMUNITY  IN  NEW  HARMONY,  1825-1826 

Scene  I       Meeting  of  the  Community.   Robert  Owen  Speaks 
Scene  II     Welcome  to  the  Boat  Load  of  Knowledge 
Scene  III.    A  Visit  to  the  Owen  School 
Scene  IV.    A  Social  Evening  in  the  Owen  Community 

Finale 
A  GRAND  REVIEW  OF  THE  PAGEANT 
All  Unite  with  the  Music  of  the  Band  and  Sing  America 


HISTORICAL  NOTE  TO  INTRODUCTION 

CESSIONS  OF  LAND. — The  second  charter  of  King  James  the  First 
ceded  "All  those  Lands,  Countries,  and  Territories,  situate,  lying  and  being  in 
that  part  of  America,  called  Virginia,  from  the  Point  of  Land,  called  Cape  or 
Point  Comfort,  all  along  the  Sea  Coast  to  the  Northward,  two  hundred  miles, 
and  from  the  said  Point  ...  all  along  the  Sea  Coast  to  the  Southward  two 
hundred  Miles,  and  all  that  Space  and  Circuit  of  Land  lying  from  the  Sea  Coast 
of   the    Precinct   aforesaid,   up    into   the   Land   throughout    from    Sea   to    Sea." 

Virginia  had  in  1781  declared  her  readiness  to  cede  her  lands  Northwest  of 
the  Ohio  river  to  the  General  Government.  But  owing  to  the  terms  proposed  by 
her,  agreement  was  not  reached  till  March  1,  1784,  when,  upon  the  authority 
previously  given  by  the  Virginia  Legislature,  her  delegates  in  Congress  ceded 
this  land  to  the  General  Government. 

The  Ordinance  of  1787  and  the  beginning  of  Indiana  Territory  in  1800  are 
known  to  every  school  child  in  the  state. 


INTRODUCTION 

TRUMPETERS 

Hear  ye !  Hear  ye !  The  school  children's  pageant  commemorat- 
ing the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  New  Harmony, 
Indiana,  in  the  year  1814  is  now  to  begin.  You  will  first  see  the  spirit 
of  the  Forest  primeval,  represented  by  the  wood  sprites,  who  will  dance. 
After  this  the  Prologue  will  be  spoken. 

I.    DANCE  OF  THE  WOOD  SPRITES 

The  stage  is  set  ivith  trees  in  boxes,  and  the  ivoodland  sprites, 
dressed  to  represent  spring  and  garlanded  ivith  zvreaths  made  of  leaves, 
zvind  in  and  out  among  the  trees  as  they  dance. 

2.    THE  PROLOGUE 

An  ancient  king  had  once  a  crystal  globe 

Which  imaged  all  his  realm  and  men  and  deeds ; 

He  only  had  to  look  therein  to  see 

His  entire  kingdom  vast  before  his  eyes. 

The  crystal  globe  we  have  today  is  Time 

In  which  who  wills,  may  look  into  the  past 

And  plainly  read  through  books,  and  art,  and  men 

Of  what  was  done  along  the  centuries  gone. 

Each  one  of  which  though  marking  but  a  span. 

Doth  also  measure  lives  and  progress  made. 

And  outposts  point  for  those  unborn  to  reach 

Before  they  pass  from  off  the  scene  of  life. 

Look  you  now  backward  in  Time's  crystal  globe 

Upon  this  land  three  hundred  years  ago 

And  feel  the  primal  hush  that  reigned  supreme 

Before  man's  voice  broke  in  the  central  gloom. 

Then  England's  King  did  royal  charter  grant. 

And  other  cessions  came  and  laws  were  made 

And  Indiana  Territory  formed. 

Now  see  far  back  the  long  procession  start ! 

First  owner  of  the  soil,  the  Red  Man,  comes 

Well  pleased  with  happy  hunting  ground  so  large, 

And  none  to  claim  or  question  his  first  right. 

Next  comes  the  friendly  Frenchman  to  buy  skins, 

Or  plant  the  Cross  or  tell  the  tidings  glad 

Of  peace  on  earth  and  of  good  will  to  man. 

The  pale-faced  pioneer  soon  follows  on 


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Well  armed  with  woodman's  ax  to  blaze  the  way, 
And  build  the  cabin  in  the  clearing  wild 
Where  all  the  simple  joys  of  hearth  and  home 
]\Iake  him  free  man  and  founder  of  a  line. 
Look  back  again  and  hear  the  news  of  war ; 
The  British  Red  Coat  now  invades  the  land. 
To  meet  him  comes  the  manly  pioneer 
Now  called  "Colonial  Soldier,"  who  defends 
His  home  and  country,  dear  as  life  itself. 
The  years  go  by  and  quiet  rules  the  land ; 
But  look  again !  now  towards  the  river  banks, 
And  see  the  Rappites  marked  with  deep  intent; 
They  come  not  singly  as  the  pioneer ; 
A  hundred  strong  they  come  as  brothers  true, 
Whose  life  means  work,  forgetting  self  in  all. 
As  conquerors  they  come  to  plant  and  reap 
And  build ;  to  give  and  not  to  take  and  hoard. 
W^e  see  them  move  about  in  church  and  home 
And  march  to  music,  going  forth  to  work ; 
Their  lives  are  Godly  and  their  leader  true. 
For  manhood  strong,  George  Rapp  example  stands. 
They  pass  us  by,  but  what  they  left  behind 
Is  still  a  witness  of  good  life ;  good  work ! 
The  Owen  band  from  Lanark,  now  come  here 
To  work  out  social  dreams  in  this  fair  spot ; 
To  study  nature  and  her  laws  and  read 
Tlie  message  left  by  bird  and  stone  and  fish. 
Forgetting  not  the  laws  that  govern  men. 
The  little  children  claim  their  tenderest  care 
In  training  them  to  strength  for  adult  life ; 
And  woman  is  given  a  place  within  their  scheme 
As  helper  in,  and  sharer  of  all  work. 
Wise  Robert  Owen  and  his  group  were  schooled 
In  forethought  for  the  good  of  all  mankind. 
They  too  pass  by  in  person  not  in  thought ; 
Their  influence  helps  to  shape  our  lives  today 
And  all  this  country  wide  and  grand  looks  on 
With  interest  in  the  tribute  that  we  bring 
To  honor  them  for  teaching  untried  ways 
In  education,  science,  law  and  love 
And  all  that  makes  for  worth  and  higher  life. 
Shall  we  go  forth  less  worthy  than  our  sires  ? 
Or  lift  to  heaven  less  worthy  brows  than  they? 
Shall  we  not  strive  on  towards  the  goal  in  view 
To  which  they  pointed  out  and  bade  us  reach? 
Let  it  not  be  in  vain  that  we  have  met 


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To  look  again  back  in  Time's  crystal  globe 
And  see  the  meaning  of  this  day  and  hour 
That  beckons  on  to  fairer  life  in  home ! 
In  school,  and  church,  and  mart  and  nation  wide. 

Note.    At  the  close  of  the  prologue  the  end  trumpeters  will  conduct 
the  speaker  off  the  stage.    The  middle  trumpeter  ivill  step  to  the  front. 

SCENE  I.    EARLY  CESSIONS  OF  THIS  LAND 

TRUMPETER 

You  will  now  hear  the  chorus  sing  of  this  land,  and  listen  to  the 
pages  tell  of  our  right  to  it. 

I.    SONG.    "Lo!  I  Uncover  the  Land" 

Lo !  I  uncover  the  land 
Which  I  hid  of  old  time  in  the  West, 
As  the  sculptor  uncovers  the  statue 
When  he  has  wrought  his  best. 

Emerson.    {The  Boston  Hymn.) 

The  chorus  both  comes  and  goes  singing,  remaining  on  the  stage 
long  enough  to  sing  the  stanza  tzvice. 

2.     STATEMENTS  OF  THE  PAGES.     THE  CESSIONS  AND 
RULE  OF  THIS  LAND  FROM  1609  TO  1814 

First  Page.  King  James's  Charter,  i6op 

This  land  from  royal  grant  of  England's  King 
Dates  back  three  hundred  years  or  more,  when  we 
Of  that  domain  named  for  the  Virgin  Queen, 
Were  part.  ~ 

Second  Page.    Virginia's  Cession  in  I/84 

Virginia  now  doth  cede  her  land  that  lies 
To  north  and  west  of  the  great  river  known 
As  Ohio,  unto  the  general  government 
To  which  this  spot  henceforth  belonged. 

Third  Page.    Northzvest  Territory,  lySy 

Our  Congress  then  did  straightway  measures  take 
For  rule  and  bounds  of  this  new  gift  of  land 
And  Ordinance  of  seventeen-eighty-seven. 
Far  famed,  did  pass.   The  Northwest  Territory 
Was  the  name  by  which  we  then  were  known. 


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Fourth  Page.    Indiana  Territory,  1800 

One  portion  of  this  tract  was  set  apart 

And  "Indiana  Territory"  called, 

And  government  commenced  at  Fort  Vincennes 

In  eighteen  hundred.  This  was  still  our  head 

When  Father  Rapp  came  his  community 

To  found  here  just  a  century  ago. 

The  pages  in  the  foregoing  scenes  carry  banners  zvith  the  insignia 
of  England,  Colonial  Virginia,  the  United  States  with  the  thirteen 
stars,  and  of  Indiana  Territory. 


HISTORICAL  NOTE  TO  EPISODE  I 

THE  WABASH  VALLEY.— A  celebration  of  the  founding  of  New  Har- 
mony naturally  includes  a  mention  of  the  thirty  thousand  acres  of  land  bought 
by  the  Rappites  for  their  settlement  in  1814.  This  tract  extended  to  Vincennes, 
which  had  then  long  been  the  most  flourishing  post  west  of  the  Alleghany  moun- 
tains, and  in  which  the  Rappites  had  a  trading  center. 

Mr.  Lockwood  says :  "In  slow  succession  there  passed  through  the  beautiful 
valley  of  the  Wabash, — 'described  by  Col.  George  Croghan  as  early  as  1765  as 
one  of  the  finest  countries  of  the  world' — the  roving  Indian,  the  Jesuit  Mission- 
ary, the  French  fur  trader,  the  British  redcoat,  the  Colonial  soldier,  and  the 
American  pioneer." 


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EPISODE  I 

EARLY  LIFE  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  WABASH  VALLEY 
SCENE  I.    INDIANS  AND  FRENCH  FUR  TRADERS 

TRUMPETER 

Give  ye  heed!  Give  ye  heed!  The  Red  Man  is  now  to  appear. 
You  will  see  the  braves  and  the  squaws  in  their  wigwams  and  in  the 
dance ;  also  as  they  barter  with  the  French  fur  traders. 

1.  The  Indians. 

a.  An  Indian  Lullaby. 

b.  Dances  of  the  Squaws  and  the  Braves. 

2.  The  French  Fur  Traders. 

a.  Coming  with  trinkets  for  the  Indians. 

b.  Bartering  with  the  Indians. 

The  Indians  and  fur  traders  leave  the  stage  at  the  middle  of  the 
hack,  and  return  after  the  missionaries  are  on  it. 

SCENE  11.    THE  FRENCH  MISSIONARIES 

TRUMPETER 

The  French  Missionaries  are  now  coming.  You  will  see  them  plant 
the  Cross  and  hear  them  chant  the  songs  of  their  religion,  true  to  their 
motto,  "TO  THE  GREATER  GLORY  OF  GOD." 

The  Misionaries  are  dressed  in  black  gowns  with  girdles  of  the  same 
at  the  left  side,  also  with  brimless  caps,  white  collars,  and  possibly 
some  of  them  zvith  crosses  on  their  breasts.  Along  with  them  are  two 
standard-bearers,  one  carrying  the  cross  and  the  other  carrying  the 
banner  of  the  order  ivith  a  cross  in  a  Held  of  blue  on  one  side  and  the 
motto,  "TO  THE  GREATER  GLORY  OF  GOD,"  on  the  reverse 
side.  In  one  corner  there  will  be  a  fleur-de-lis.  They  come  and  go  in 
processional  and  recessional  chanting  "Stabat  Mater"  in  both  and  also 
while  they  plant  the  cross. 


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SCENE  III.     THE  BRITISH  RED  COAT  AND  THE 
COLONIAL  SOLDIER  MARCH  BY 

TRUMPETER 

Behold  the  warriors !  They  follow  the  missionaries.  The  Red 
Coat  comes  to  invade  and  the  Colonial  soldier  to  defend  this  land. 

Each  group  of  soldiers  marches  to  the  bugle  playing  the  airs  of  its 
ozun  country,  and  dressed  in  the  uniform  tvorn  by  the  soldiers  of  Revo- 
lutionary times. 


SCENE  IV.    THE  PIONEER 

B.AND  Plays  "Land  of  the  Fathers" 

TRUMPETER 

PIo,  ye !  Ho,  ye !  Ho,  ye  !  The  pioneer  is  now  at  hand  !  He  is  the 
home  maker,  the  continent  builder,  the  true  hero  of  our  new  country. 
At  his  fireside  are  sown  the  seeds  of  our  great  American  Democracy. 

Persons — Father,  Jeremiah  Jenkins ;  mother,  Nancy  Hanks  Jenkins ; 
children,  Sarah,  aged  fourteen;  Benjamin,  twelve;  Thomas,  ten; 
Rachael,  eight,  and  the  baby  boy.  The  grandmother.  Visitors : 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  and  little  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  and 
son  Robert,  the  singing  master,  Mr.  Brewster ;  the  hunter,  Mr. 
Thomas,  and  the  woodsman,  Mr.  Blake. 

.  SONG  BY  THE  CHORUS 

"The  Pioneer" 

(Tune,  "My  Native  Land."    In  Sunnyside,  p.  6i) 


I  sing  to  thee,  O  Pioneer ! 
Whose  manly  strength  without  a  fear, 
And  purpose  firm  in  Heaven's  sight. 
Gives  thee  a  place  by  crested  knight, 
Or  feudal  lord  o'er  country  side. 
Thou  art  the  nation's  honest  pride ! 


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Thy  symbol,  O  brave  Pioneer! 

Is  woodsman's  axe  to  forests  clear 

And  cabins  raise  in  regions  wild 

For  sake  of  fireside,  wife  and  child 

And  country  dear  to  fast  upbuild. 

Now  with  thy  praise  our  hearts  are  filled ! 

Ill 

O  noble,  noble  Pioneer ! 
We  give  thee  honor  now  and  here, 
In  this  our  Middle  West  a  part, 
Thanks  come  to  thee  from  every  heart, 
In  words  of  love  and  hope  and  cheer. 
All  hail !  our  noble  Pioneer ! 

Family  having  entered,  father  seats  himself  at  the  stand  and  takes 
out  his  glasses;  mother  places  the  baby  in  the  cradle,  then  comes  to  the 
stand  and  takes  out  her  sewing;  Benjamin,  Rachael  and  Thomas  gather 
around  the  basket  of  corn  to  be  shelled  for  the  grist,  and  Sarah  makes 
ready  to  spin  at  the  big  zvheel  that  stands  a  little  zvays  back.  The 
grandmother  takes  out  her  knitting. 

Mr.  Jenkins. —  {Going  to  the  zvall,  taking  down  the  almanac  and  re- 
turning to  the  stand  as  he  opens  it.)  Well,  Nancy,  it's  going  to  be 
clear  to-morrer  (and  looking  up)  and  the  rest  of  the  week. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — I'm  powerful  glad  of  it !    I  want  to  go  down  and  see 

Mrs.  Simpson.    She's  been  so  poorly  of  late. 
Children. —  (Gathered  around  the  basket,  cry  out  together.)   Hooray! 

Hooray  !    We're  awful  glad  ! 
Benjamin. —  (As  he  shells  the  corn.)     1  must  get  my  walnuts  in  Sat- 
urday. 
Thomas. — We're  going  to  have  speakin'  in  school  Friday ! 
Sarah. —  (Fixing  her  zvheel  for  spinning.)     I  want  to  go  down  to  see 

Granny  Jenkins  Saturday.      (Turning  to  her  father,  zvho  is  still 

looking  at  the  almanac.)     Daddy,  read  some  of  the  jokes  in  the 

almanac. 
Mr.  Jenkins. —  (Reading.)     "The  horse  is  a  curious  feeder,  for  he 

feeds  best  without  a  bit  in  his  mouth."    (Children  stop  shelling  corn 

to  listen.) 

"The  greatest  ocean  race  known  is  what?"     (Fishes.)     (Children 

all  laugh.) 


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Mr.  Jenkins. — Here's  something  for  you  to  guess. 
Children. — Read !  read ! 

Mr.  Jenkins. — Why  does  a  hen  cross  the  road?  (Children  all  guess 
zvroug  except  Rachael,  who  sa\s  "She  tvants  to  go  to  the  other 
side.") 

]\Irs.  Jenkins. — Right!    Rachael  is  a  good  guesser! 

Mr.  Jenkins. —  {Again  reads.)  Two  prisoners  were  quarreling.  One 
said  to  the  other,  who  had  taken  a  watch,  "What  time  is  it?"  He 
immediately  answered  the  other,  who  had  taken  a  cow,  "It's  milk- 
ing time,  sir."  {Children  clap  hands  and  cry,)  "More,  Daddy! 
More,  Daddy!"  Father  says,  "No  more  to-day.  There's  some 
mighty  funny  things  in  that  almanac !  You'd  better  look  in  it  once 
in  a  while." 

Mrs.  Jenkins. —  {Who  has  been  sitting  at  the  table  sezving  and  now 
starts  to  thread  her  needle.)  Children!  children!  I've  lost  my 
needle!  Come,  quick!  quick!  and  get  down  and  find  it.  {All, 
father  included,  hunt  for  the  needle  and  make  quite  a  scene.) 
Here's  even  grandmother,  I  declare ! 

Rachael. —  {Holding  up  the  needle.)  I've  found  it!  I've  found  it! 
{Bringing  it  to  her  mother.) 

Mrs.  Jenkins. —  {Taking  the  needle  from  Rachael.)  Well,  I  declare! 
and  my  little  Rachael !  Nothing  can  go  on  in  this  house  when  a 
needle's  lost  till  it's  found.  I've  brought  up  my  family  so  far  on 
four  needles,  jest  because  everything's  stopped  till  they're  found. 
Rachael,  go  look  in  the  winder  curtain  and  see  if  the  other  three  are 
there.  A  needle's  just  as  important  as  the  axe  or  anything  about 
the  place. 

Rachael. —  {Returning.)     They're  all  there,  mother. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — That's  good.     {A  knock  is  heard  at  the  door.) 

Mr.  Jenkins. —  (Loudly.)  Come  in.  (There  enter  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
White  and  little  daughter,  Mrs.  and  Mr.  Jones  and  little  son,  and 
Mr.  Brewster,  the  singing  master.)     I'm  mighty  glad  to  see  you! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Howdy!  (Shaking  hands  zvith  all  in  a  most  cordial 
manner.)  I'm  powerful  glad  to  see  you!  And  here's  Mr.  Brew- 
ster, too.  That  means  we're  going  to  have  some  good  singing  to- 
night ! 

Mr.  White. — We  jest  thought  we'd  scare  you  with  so  many  of  us. 
But  the  moon's  so  bright  we  couldn't  stay  in  and  so  we  thought 
we'd  come  and  set  till  bedtime ! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. —  (As  she  disposes  of  the  guests  on  chairs  and  stools.) 
Settin'  till  bedtime's  what  I  like  best  of  anything!     People  can't 


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come  here  for  that  too  often  to  suit  me.  {The  grandmother  comes 
forward  and  welcomes  the  guests  and  the  children  join  Benjamin 
around  the  corn  basket.) 

Mrs.  Jones. — Are  ye  all  well? 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Yes,  the  children  have  had  a  spell  of  the  mumps  and 
the  chickenpox,  but  they're  all  over  it  now, 

Mr.  Brewster. —  {Who  had  joined  the  children  upon  entering,  brings 
out  Thomas  by  the  hand,  saying)  I've  found  something  fine  for 
you  all  to  hear!  Our  little  Thomas  is  learning  his  a,  b,  c's  and 
we're  going  to  help  him  sing  them. 

Mr.  White. — Good !   My  little  girl  is  learning  them  too ! 

Mrs.  Jones. — And  so  is  our  Robert ! 

Mr.  Jenkins. — Well,  Brewster,  you  do  the  leading! 

Mrs.  Jones. — Begin  all!  {Children,  led  by  Mr.  Brewster,  sing  ba{ba), 
etc. 

Mr.  Jenkins. — Let's  all  help!  {All  join  in  ivith  the  children  and  sing 
ce{ce)  and  ta{ta),  etc.,  till  through.) 

Rachael. — Daddy,  Sarah  can  sing  the  geography  lesson ! 

Guests  All. — Come,  Sarah !   Come ! 

Mr.  Jenkins. — Yes,  Sarah,  we'll  all  jine  in  and  sing  with  you !  {All 
sing  the  capitals  of  the  states.) 

Mr.  Jones. — We  can't  sing  the  capital  of  our  state  yet.  I  wonder  how 
long  it'll  be  before  Indiana  Territory'll  be  a  state? 

Rachael. —  {Coming  to  the  front.)  Benji's  going  to  speak  a  piece 
Friday. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — 'Pears  like  the  childern's  trying  to  show  off  to-night ! 

Mr.  White. — Come,  Benji!  I'm  jest  waitin'  to  hear  you  speak  your 
piece !    What's  the  name  of  it  ? 

Benji. — Breathes  There  a  Man ! 

Mr.  White. — Good !  Good !  That's  a  fine  piece,  I  know  that !  {Ben- 
jamin speaks  and  all  clap  hands.) 

Grandmother. —  {After  going  to  the  reel  and  taking  off  the  yarn  on 
it.)  Come,  Thomas  !  Hold  this  for  grandmother !  {Thomas  holds 
the  yarn,  and  after  winding  it  grandmother  resumes  her  knitting.) 

Rachael. —  {Bringing  the  gourd  from  the  zvall.)  This  is  just  like  the 
one  we  have  at  school,  and  I  passed  the  water  round  for  the  chil- 
dren to  drink  out  of  it  the  other  day!  {Mrs.  Jones  admires  the 
gourd.) 


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Mrs.  Jenkins. —  (To  Mrs.  JVhite.)  Have  you  seen  my  quilt  since  I 
finished  it? 

Both  Ladies. — Do  show  it  to  us ! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Well,  it's  mighty  purty!  I  did  want  to  have  a  quilt- 
ing, but  I  couldn't  get  it  in.  There's  nothing  nicer  than  a  quilting 
where  you  meet  all  your  friends,  and  get  so  much  done  and  the 
menfolk  and  the  young  people  come  in  the  evening.  It's  'most  like 
a  weddin' ! 

Mrs.  Jones. — We've  not  had  a  quilting  in  this  neighborhood  for  quite 
a  while  !    I  think  they're  nice,  too. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Do  you  see  my  chest  there?  (Pointing  to  it.)  I  keep 
my  treasures  in  it.  I'll  bring  my  quilt  out.  (She  goes  to  the  chest 
and  lifts  many  bundles  out,  placing  them  beside  the  chest,  and 
brings  out  the  quilt,  zvhich  all  admire.) 

Mrs.  White. — I  heard  you  speak  of  another  quilt  that  your  mother 
pieced  for  you. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Law,  yes,  I  hardly  ever  take  that  out  except  to  please 
the  children  once  in  a  while.     (Goes  to  chest  and  brings  out  quilt.) 

Mrs.  Jones. — I  never  saw  such  a  beauty ! 

Mrs.  White — Ain't  it  purty? 

Mr.  White. — A  woman  that  could  piece  a  quilt  like  that  could  do  al- 
most anything. 

Mr.  Jones. — I  tell  you  the  mothers  of  our  children  are  mighty  smart ! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Well,  since  the  chest  is  open,  I'd  as  well  show  more. 
It'll  be  a  long  time  before  I  open  it  again.  (Lifting  out  a  long  roll 
of  rag  carpeting,  spreads  it  on  the  floor.  The  children  gather  about 
and  the  visitors  are  filled  zi'ith  surprise.) 

Mrs.  Jones. — And  you  did  this?    My! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Yes,  I  spun  every  thread  of  it  on  that  wheel.  (Point- 
ing to  the  wheel.)  I  cut  every  rag  and  can  tell  where  I  got  each 
piece.    They  are  colored  with  walnut  and  copperas  and  sassafras. 

Mr.  Jenkins. — My  woman's  lost  no  time  since  I've  knowed  her,  I  can 
tell  you ! 

Mrs.  White. — Women  have  to  keep  busy  to  do  the  like  of  that! 

Mrs.  Jenkins. —  (Bringing  out  a  double  coverlet.)  This  was  spun  and 
wove  by  hand  too. 

Mrs.  Jones. — There's  nothin'  more  to  say ! 

Mrs.  White. — That's  what  I'm  thinking!  (A  loud  knock  is  heard  at 
the  door.) 


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Mr.  Jenkins. — Come  in!  (Louder.)  Come  in,  I  say!  (A  hunter 
with  a  bag  of  game  on  his  back  and  a  zvoodsman  zvith  axe  on  his 
shoulder  enter,  each  resting  his  pack  by  the  door.)  How  are  you? 
I  was  jest  thinking  what  a  fine  night  this  would  be  for  hunting! 
You  seem  to  have  had  purty  good  luck ! 

Mr.  Blake. — I  felled  a  tree  for  him  that  had  a  whole  nest  of  coons 
in  it. 

Mr.  Thomas. — Yes,  I  owe  my  good  luck  to-night  to  Mr.  Blake. 

The  Children. —  (Gathering  about  him.)  Please  tell  us  about  the 
wild  beasts  you've  fought  with  !    Do,  please ! 

Mr.  Blake. — I'll  come  sometime  on  purpose  for  that,  I  must  go  now. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Benjiman,  you  and  Sarah  pass  the  apples  and  cider 
around.  (They  are  passed  and  the  hunter  and  the  woodsman  re- 
tire.) 

Mr.  Jenkins. —  (Opening  the  Bible  on  the  stand,  takes  out  a  letter, 
holding  it  up.)  This  came  from  Kentucky.  It  was  three  weeks  on 
the  way,  and  cost  the  sender  twenty-five  cents. 

Mr.  White. — That  seems  a  heap  to  pay,  but  it's  so  nice  to  write  to 
your  friends. 

Mrs.  Jenkins. — Mr.  Brewster,  we  must  have  some  music  before 
you  go ! 

Mr.  Brewster. — Very  well!  Each  one  name  a  tune.  (Oft  in  the 
Stilly  Night.    Auld  Lang  Syne,  are  named  and  sung.) 

Grandmother. — (Going  to  the  cradle  at  the  crying  of  the  baby,  and 
bringing  him  to  the  front.)  You've  not  seen  this  young  man  to- 
night! We're  awful  proud  of  him!  (The  baby  is  taken  into  the 
arms  of  the  guests  and  then  replaced  in  the  cradle  by  Grandma.) 

Mr.  White. — It's  time  to  go.  Jenkins,  come  over  soon  and  sit  till  bed- 
time with  us ! 

]\Ir.  Jones. — And  with  us ! 

Mr.  Jenkins. — We'll  do  that  real  soon!  (Good-nights  are  spoken  and 
hands  are  shaken.  All  go  to  the  door.  JVhcn  guests  are  gone  the 
family  gather  about  the  stand  and  the  father  reads  from  the  nine- 
teenth psalm.  When  he  is  through,  after  a  moment's  pause  they  all 
stand  and  the  father  in  an  attitude  of  reverence  says:)  May  no 
harm  come  to  any  home  this  night.  (They  kiss  good-night  and  go 
out  together.) 


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BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTE 

TO  EPISODE  II 

George  Rapp,  founder  of  New  Harmony,  Indiana,  was  born  in  Wiirttem- 
berg,  German}',  in  1757.  Here,  at  the  age  of  thirty,  he  began  to  preach  in  his 
own  home  to  people  gathered  from  miles  around.  Not  being  satisfied  with  the 
religious  spirit  of  his  native  land,  he  sought  freedom  in  America  in  1803  and 
established  a  "Community  of  Equalitj',"  called  "Harmonic,"  near  Zelienople, 
Pennsylvania,  where  all  the  members  bound  themselves  in  obedience  to  the 
laws  regarding  property  and  brotherhood,  and  to  the  loyal  support  of  the  doc- 
trines of  their  leader.  Experience  proved  this  location  to  be  unsatisfactory  and 
Father  Rapp  purchased  thirty  thousand  acres  of  land  along  the  Wabash  river 
in  Indiana,  about  fifty  miles  from  its  junction  with  the  Ohio.  Here,  in  1814, 
the  men  came  and  made  ready  for  the  families  who  came  one  year  later  and 
another  "Harmonic"  community  was  established.  The  ten  years  spent  in  Har- 
monic, Indiana,  mark  a  marvelous  prosperity  in  the  increase  of  wealth,  power 
and  happiness.  In  order  to  be  nearer  a  great  market,  they  sold  the  Harmonic 
estate  to  Robert  Owen,  of  Scotland,  in  1825,  and  went  back  to  Pennsylvania, 
about  twelve  miles  from  Pittsburgh  and  founded  the  town  of  Economy,  where 
they  remained  till  the  community  died  out,  celibacy  being  one  of  their  tenets. 
Father  Rapp  was  a  man  of  deep  religious  conviction  and  great  power,  and  his 
influence  in  his  community  made  for  what  was  best  in  building  character. 

There  is  a  slight  fore-shortening  of  history  in  Scene  IV  of  Episode  II. 


George  Rapp 


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EPISODE  II 

THE  FOUNDING  OF  NEW  HARMONY  BY  THE 
RAPPITES  IN  1814 

Band — Overture  to  William  Tell 

TRUMPETER 

Hear  ye !  A  new  scene  presents  itself.  A  German  community  led 
by  Father  George  Rapp  is  to  be  started  on  the  banks  of  the  Wabash. 
Here  all  will  share  equal  work  and  equal  reward, 

SCENE  I.    THE  LANDING  OF  THE  MEN  IN  1814 

( The  day  after  the  landing.  Persons:  Father  Rapp  and  his  men  in 
the  wilderness  after  a  night's  rest  under  the  large  oak  tree.  Men  appear 
with  axes  on  shoulders  and  saws  in  hand  ready  for  work.) 

Father  Raff.— (Lifting  his  hands.)    Hail,  my  men!     How  did  you 
rest  last  night  under  the  oak  tree? 

Men  in  a  Body.— Well !  Well ! 

Father  Rapp. — You  are  ready  for  work,  I  see ! 

Men. — All  ready ! 

Father  Rapp. —  (Szueeping  the  compass  with  his  arms.)     These  are 
giant  trees  to  be  cut,  but  we  can  do  it ! 

Men.— Ya!    Ya!    Ya! 

Father  Rapp. — We  shall  go  forth  in  bands.    Jacob  Dengler  will  you 
lead  the  first  band  ? 

Jacob  Dengler. — That  I  will !    Step  out,  men  !     (Johannes  Trompeter 
steps  out.) 

Father  Rapp. — I  see  Johannes  Trompeter  wants  to  be  a  leader !    Join 
him.     (Men  obey.) 

John  Reichert. — I  will  be  the  next. 

Father  Rapp. — Follow  John  Reichert.     (Men  step  out.)     Do  all  the 
men  have  leaders?    Are  all  ready? 

Men. — All  ready! 


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Father  Rapp. — Ours  is  a  joyful  work !  Here  even  in  this  wilderness, 
with  these  great  trees  before  us  to  be  cleared  away,  we  are  cheered 
by  the  thought  that  we  are  working  for  the  good  of  one  another. 

Men. — It  is  true !    It  is  true ! 

Father  Rapp. — I  shall  be  with  each  band  to-day  at  some  time.  When 
we  can  all  be  together,  I  shall  lead  you  forth,  as  is  our  wont,  with 
singing  and  music. 

Men. — Be  it  so!    Be  it  so! 

Father  R.\pp. — Pass  now  to  your  tasks,  and  may  the  work  of  your 
hands  prosper. 
(Men  go  forth  singing.) 

BEAUTEOUS  IS  THE  GREAT  WIDE  WORLD 

Translated  by  J.  S.  Duss 

1.  Beauteous  is  the  great  wide  world, 
More  so,  still  our  living ; 

All  the  loveliness  unfurled, 
God  is  freely  giving. 

2.  Still  what  is  all  of  life's  alloy? 
Scan  it  with  probation — 
You  will  find  all  earthly  joy, 
But  of  short  duration. 

3.  Though  one  be  in  treasures  rich, 
Gold  makes  no  one  wiser. 

And  in  death  are  all  alike ; 
Beggar,  Pope  and  Kaiser. 

4.  No  one,  but  by  Christly  life, 
Heaps  eternal  treasures ; 

And  through  noble  toil  and  strife, 
Enters  heavenly  pleasures. 

SCENE  IL    THE  LANDING  OF  THE  FAMILIES  ONE  YEAR 

AFTER,  IN  1815 

The  Rappite  families  just  landed  from  their  boat  on  the  Wabash, 
have  on  their  zvraps  and  carry  bundles  as  travellers  carried  at  that 
time.  The  company  consists  of  women  and  children  for  the  most  part, 
zi'ith  a  fezv  men.  They  are  led  by  Frederick  Rapp,  and  come  in  pro- 
cessional from  the  river  hanks,  singing  Luther's  hymn.     They  come  in 


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tzvos  mostly  and  zvhen  the  company  are  about  half  on  the  platform, 
continuing  to  sing,  Father  Rapp,  in  long  gozvn  and  long  zvhite  beard, 
and  cap,  appears  ivith  upraised  hands,  standing  before  them  till  all 
have  reached  the  stage.  Then  they  all  kneel  to  receive  the  Father's 
blessing. 

Father  Rapp. — May  the  blessing  of  God  rest  upon  you  all,  my  chil- 
dren!  May  each  one  of  us  strive  to  live  the  life'  of  the  just  and 
walk  uprightly  before  all  men  and  in  the  sight  of  God.  Amen ! 
{All  rise,  taking  the  attitude  of  reverence.) 

Frederick  Rapp. —  {Coming  forzvard.)  Father,  I  am  glad  to  come  to 
thee !     {Shakes  hands.) 

Father  Rapp. — Welcome,  my  children !  I  wish  I  might  call  you  each 
by  name  and  shake  the  hands  of  each,  but  time  permits  not,  with 
the  matters  that  we  have  on  hand !  It  is  fitting  that  we  rejoice  over 
being  gathered  together  once  more,  after  our  separation  for  one 
year.  It  is  also  fitting  that  we  feel  a  just  pride  as  we  look  about  us, 
{gesturing)  in  the  work  of  our  men  in  making  ready  for  you  these 
comfortable  homes  that  you  see.  We  know  with  what  willing 
hearts  you  will  take  up  the  tasks  that  await  you  here  in  this  new 
settlement  in  a  new  land.  We  have  been  one  in  aim  and  in  spirit 
since  we  crossed  the  deep  to  fair  America,  where  we  have  been  free 
to  work  out  the  will  of  God  as  we  have  understood  it.  As  our 
hopes  outweighed  our  regrets  in  leaving  Wurtemberg,  so  do  they 
in  coming  from  Pennsylvania  to  this  spot.  It  will  be  only  a  short 
time  before  we  shall  here  look  upon  flourishing  vineyards,  waving 
fields  of  grain,  green  meadows  and  hear  the  lowing  of  herds  and 
the  hum  of  the  mill  and  the  spinning  wheel.  Life  here  will  go  on 
as  it  did  in  Pennsylvania,  and  our  new  home  will  soon  be  our  old 
home  too.  We  know  the  doctrine  that  we  profess,  of  mercy,  jus- 
tice, self-sacrifice  and  industry.  And  knowing  the  doctrine  we  must 
live  the  life !  I  shall  now  lead  you  forth  to  the  dwellings  that  are 
waiting  for  you.  {The  body  of  travellers,  led  by  Father  Rapp,  re- 
tire singing  as  they  came,  in  recessional,  off  the  opposite  end  of 
the  stage  from  ivhich  they  entered.) 

Stage  empty. 


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SCENE  III.     A  DAY  IN  THE  RAPPITE  COMMUNITY,  1819 
—THE  PALMY  PERIOD 

WATCHMAN'S  EARLY  MORNING  CALL 

"Again  a  night  is  passed  and  the  morning  is  come,  our  time  runs 
away  and  the  joys  of  heaven  are  our  reward.^    {Three  times.) 

Music  by  the  Band — German  Airs 

TRUMPETER 

Hear,  all  men !  You  are  now  asked  to  spend  a  day  in  the  Rappite 
Community,  and  see  the  signs  of  prosperity  that  reigns  here. 

I.     THE  WAKING  OF  THE  TOWN 

People  of  the  community  dressed  in  the  Rappite  costume  are  seen 
going  hither  and  thither.  Some  with  baskets  in  hand,  others  carrying 
bundles.  The  boy  cries  out  in  the  street  "Sollt  Fleisch  holen,"  "Sollt 
Fleisch  holen!"  Over  the  doorway  of  the  store  is  the  sign,  "THE 
STORE,"  and  people  are  coming  out  and  in.  The  squatters  are  there  in 
numbers,  and  dressed  in  fur  coats.  The  visitors  are  {Woods,  Birbcck, 
Hidme,  Welby  and  others.)  At  the  same  time,  the  harvesters  in  proces- 
sion, led  by  Father  Rapp  and  the  band,  pass  by  on  their  way  to  the 
fields.  There  are  men,  zvomen,  boys  and  girls  with  baskets,  and  carry- 
ing sickles  and  rakes  in  their  hands. 

2.     HOUSEHOLD  INDUSTRIES  OF  THE  AFTERNOON 

The  stage  is  set  zvith  ovens  and  tables  and  utensils  for  the  zvomen, 
zvho  are  preparing  the  evening  meal.  They  have  dishes  and  seem  very 
busy.  The  little  children  run  in  and  out.  Tivo  boys  come  to  blows  just 
as  Father  Rapp  comes  out  upon  them.  Father  says,  "What  is  this,  my 
children?  No  disputes  must  arise  in  this  community.  The  sun  must 
not  set  on  any  man's  ivrath.  Rise,  my  children!  Shake  hands  and  be 
friends."  The  children  obey.  They  also  ask  Father's  pardon  for  their 
conduct. 

3.    RETURN  FROM  THE  FIELDS  SINGING 

CHILDREN  OF  FRIENDSHIP  AND  LOVE 

Translated  by  Jacob  Henrici 

(Nephew  of  Jacob  Henrici,  Trustee  of  Harmony  Society.) 

I.  Children  of  friendship  and  love,  lift  your  voices, 
Sing  the  sweet  bond  that  uplifts  and  rejoices; 


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Joyfully  sounding  divine  friendship's  praises, 
Join  the  great  hymn  the  angelic  host  raises, 
In  greatful  homage  to  heavenly  love 
Swing  your  glad  hearts  to  the  ether  above. 

2.  Lo  !  from  the  throne  there  the  bright  fountain  gushes  ; 
Through  the  wide  heavens  the  crystal  flood  rushes — 
Pure,  holy,  friendship,  from  sun  to  sun  streaming ; 
Filling  all  space  with  its  blessed  mild  beaming ! 

Love  rules  the  universe  ;  through  it  alone, 
Can  real  blessedness  ever  be  known ! 

3.  In  bonds  of  friendship  the  spheres  are  united ; 
Seraphs  and  angels  in  friendship  are  plighted. 
Patient  and  loving  it  meets  ev'ry  trial ; 
Freely  forgives,  with  divine  self-denial. 

Were  its  pure  ray  into  hell  to  descend. 
Hell  at  that  moment  would  come  to  an  end. 

4.  Friendship  is  shield  against  arrows  of  malice ; 
Holds  to  the  suflf'rer  the  life-giving  chalice. 
Gives  to  the  starving  friend  food  to  restore  him. 
Warns  and  protects  him  when  danger  hangs  o'er  him ; 

Brings  to  the  dying  couch  heavenly  rest, 
Folds  the  poor  erring  one  close  to  the  breast. 

5.  Angel  of  friendship,  abide  with  us  ever; 
Comfort  and  guide  us ;  abandon  us  never ; 
Fill  ev'ry  spirit  with  good  will  to  others ; 
Grant  us  in  friendship  and  love  to  be  brothers. 

Hate  and  suspicion,  depart  from  our  ways ! 
Angel  of  friendship,  we  bring  thee  our  praise  ! 

As  they  near  the  house  Father  Rapp  comes  out,  and  zvaving  his 
hand  to  them,  says:  "I  greet  you,  my  children!  A  hard  day's  work; 
a  well-earned  meal.  Our  life  here  grows  more  prosperous  every  day. 
Let  us  be  more  thankful  in  proportion.  Disperse  ye  now  to  your  tables 
made  ready  for  you,  and  eat  with  the  heartiness  that  comes  of  a  good 
conscience.    We  meet  again  just  after  the  early  evening  service. 

4.     MEETING  AFTER  THE  EVENING  SERVICE 

Father  and  Frederick  Rapp  come  first,  folloived  by  the  people  in 
procession. 

Frederick. — Well,   Father,  things  have  turned  out  beyond  our  ex- 
pectation ! 


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Father  Rapp. — Yes,  God  has  prospered  us  in  this  land  beyond  belief 
in  five  years !    We  have  done  well. 

Frederick  Rapp. — Our  people  have  lived  in  true  "Harmonie,"  and 
we  have  made  good  our  name.  (Procession  of  men  and  zvomen 
coming  from  the  evening  service  singing,  gather  around.  Standing.) 

Father  Rapp. — Greetings,  my  children !  We  have  gathered  here  on 
our  way  from  the  service  to  rejoice  in  our  prosperity  without 
vanity.    Let  us  sing.     (Sing  a  Rappite  hymn.) 

Frederick  Rapp. — My  father  and  I  have  just  been  talking  over  what 
has  been  done  since  our  coming  here  five  years  ago ;  it  seems  un- 
believable ! 

John  L.  Baker. — It  does  seem  unbelievable!  (Others  nod  and  make 
motion  of  assent.) 

Father  Rapp. — We  thought  we  would  bring  out  the  book  of  our  com- 
munity to-night ! 

Jonathan  Lenz. —  (and  members  of  the  community.)  Bring  it  out, 
father !    Bring  it  out ! 

Father  Rapp. — Frederick,  bring  out  the  book ! 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (Brings  out  the  book  and  stands  holding  it.)    Shall 
•     I  open  the  book.  Father? 

People  Present. — Father,  let  us  hear  Frederick  read  from  the  book ! 
Yes,  let  us  hear. 

Frederick  Rapp. — This  book,  you  know,  contains  the  names  of  all  the 
members  of  this  community  and  what  they  had  when  they  joined. 
Shall  I  read  ? 

John  Schreiber. — I  do  not  wish  to  hear.  Father,  what  the  members 
put  in  the  society  when  they  joined.  It  is  enough  to  know  that  we 
all  belong  to  one  body  and  are  all  equals  in  aim  and  work  and 
worldly  goods. 

Father  Rapp. — You  hear  the  wise  words  of  John  Schreiber.  Have 
you  anything  to  add  ? 

Dr.  Mueller.— Father,  I  think  John  Schreiber  is  right.  What  good 
will  it  do  to  know  what  each  man  put  in?  We  know  that  each  one 
has  done  his  best  since  he  came  and  that  is  enough.  We  are  all 
equal  now  just  the  same  as  we  will  be  when  we  are  laid  to  rest  like 
those  out  there  in  the  graveyard. 

Frederick  Rapp. — Father,  of  what  use  is  the  book  if  they  do  not  wish 
to  know  what  is  in  it?  if  it  would  show  that  they  were  not  equal 
in  this  world's  goods  at  the  start?  They  are  now  equal  in  every 
way! 


BOOKOFWORDS  27 

Adam  Nachtrieb. — Father,  your  son  has  spoken  well.  The  book  is 
of  no  more  use.  Let  us  bury  it  so  the  matter  can  never  be  brought 
up  again ! 

RoMELius  Baker. — Let  us  burn  the  book !  (Others  nod  assent.)  Burn 
it!    Burn  it! 

Frederick  Rapp. — Father,  what  shall  be  done? 

Father  Rapp. — Let  it  be  as  the  members  have  said,  I  see  that  we  have 
grown  in  the  true  community  spirit ! 

Frederick  Rapp. — How  shall  it  be  done  ? 

Louis  Schreiber. — Here  before  our  eyes ! 

Father  Rapp. — Place  the  book  on  the  table,  my  son.  (Turning  to 
audience.)  We  are  all  agreed  that  we  are  one.  Your  decision  to 
burn  the  book  will  be  to  you  a  bond  of  closer  union  and  faith  in  the 
brotherhood  of  man  and  the  justice  of  God.  The  book  is  here  but 
where  are  the  faggots  ? 

Frederick  Rapp. — I  will  bring  them,  father.     (Brings  them.) 

Father  Rapp. —  (People  all  gather  round  closer,  each  one  having  an 
intent  look  upon  his  face.)  In  burning  this  book,'  we  are  burning 
all  thoughts  of  selfishness;  and  in  lighting  this  torch  (lights  the 
the  torch  and  holds  it)  we  are  lighting  the  fire  of  a  finer  faith  in 
our  hearts.  (Sets  fire  to  the  hook.)  Let  us  all  sing  while  the  book 
burns!  (They  sing  a  Rappite  hymn.)  As  the  book  ceases  to  burn. 
Father  raises  his  hands  motioning  in  silence,  a  good  night  and  all 
quietly  make  the  stage  empty. 

Night  Watchman's  Cry. — "Again  a  day  is  past  and  a  step  made 
nearer  to  our  end,  our  time  runs  away  and  the  joys  of  heaven  are 
our  reward." 
Stage  empty. 
Music. 

SCENE   IV.     THE   TRANSFERENCE   OF   HARMONIE   BY 
GEORGE  RAPP  TO  ROBERT  OWEN,  1824-1825 

Band  Plays  Scotch  and  German  Airs  for  Six  Minutes 
TRUMPETER 

Attend  ye !  Important  transactions  are  now  to  take  place.  Har- 
monic is  about  to  pass  from  the  hands  of  the  Rappites  into  the  owner- 
ship of  Robert  Owen  of  Scotland. 


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I.    BUSINESS  MEETING  IN  HARMONIE  HALL  IN  1824 

Present,  George  Rapp,  Frederick  Rapp  and  the  Harmonie 

Community 

Frederick  Rapp. —  {Opening  the  meeting.)  As  we  bound  ourselves 
more  firmly  together  at  the  end  of  the  first  five  years  here,  by  the 
burning  of  the  book,  to  show  that  all  were  equal,  regardless  of  what 
we  first  put  in  the  society,  so  now  we  are  met  to  make  the  ties  still 
stronger  as  we  hear  the  plans  of  our  leader.  {Jonathan  Lena 
stands.)    Jonathan  Lenz  wishes  to  speak. 

Jonathan  Lenz. — ^Let  us  hear  the  purpose  of  our  leader. 

John  Reichert. — What  the  Father  says  will  be  right ! 

Father  Rapp. — You  are  all  true  children  of  the  Rappite  doctrine,  and 
as  such  you  will,  I  see,  wish  to  do  what  is  for  the  good  of  all.  My 
son  Frederick  will  now  tell  you  of  what  Richard  Flower  has  done 
for  us.     {Turns  to  Frederick.) 

Frederick  Rapp. — When  Richard  Flower  went  from  Albion,  Illinois, 
to  England,  my  father,  as  many  of  you  know,  asked  him  to  adver- 
tise there  the  Harmonie  estates  for  sale.  He  has  done  this,  and 
here  is  his  letter. 

John  L.  Baker. —  {Recognised  by  the  chair.)  And  please  you,  father, 
may  we  hear  the  letter  read  ? 

Father  Rapp. — The  reading  of  the  letter  will  now  be  heard.  {Turn- 
ing to  Frederick.)     Read  the  letter. 

Frederick  Rapp. —  {Holding  the  letter  in  his  hand.)  Richard  Flower's 
letter,  as  you  see,  is  very  long  and  can  not  be  read  entire,  but  I 
shall  leave  it  on  the  table  for  you  to  see.  The  part  that  refers  to 
the  business  in  hand  says :  "I  have  found  a  purchaser  for  the  Har- 
monie estates  if  they  prove  what  I've  represented  them  to  be.  The 
buyer  is  a  wonderful  Scotchman,  Robert  Owen,  by  name,  and  will 
come  to  America  to  see  the  lands.  He  is  willing  to  pay  the  price  I 
asked,  of  one  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars.  He  is  like  you,  a 
believer  in  community  life  and  he  wants  the  estates  for  a  place  to 
carry  out  his  system  of  co-operation  in  America." 

John  Reichert. — That  is  good  news  from  over  the  sea!  This  land  is  a 
good  place  to  start  communities  in  and  the  more  we  have  of  them 
the  better  it  is. 

John  L.  Baker. — I  wish  to  stand  for  anything  that  is  for  the  good  of 
all,  and  if  it  is  to  be  for  the  sale  of  the  Harmonie  estates  here,  I 
shall  stand  for  that  too.     {Others  nod  assent.) 


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Father  Rapp. — I  feel  that  it  is  wise,  my  children,  that  we  go  to  a 
place  nearer  to  the  market.  Then,  too,  we  are  ready  to  conquer  a 
new  wilderness.  We  have  learned  so  much  here  in  the  way  of  land 
production  and  machinery,  and  general  industry,  that  we  have  out- 
grown the  place.  (Signs  of  grief  in  the  audience  here  and  there.) 
We  who  say  daily,  "The  joys  of  heaven  are  our  reward,"  can  not 
fix  our  hearts  on  one  place.     (Long  pause.  Father  sits.) 

John  Reichert. — Father,  when  do  you  look  for  this  Robert  Owen? 

Father  Rapp. — At  any  time.  He  likely  started  as  soon  as  the  letter, 
and  we  may  look  for  him  any  day.  (George  Wagner  stands.) 
George  Wagner,  one  of  our  wise  men,  has  something  to  say. 

George  Wagner. — Father,  how  soon  is  it  in  thy  will  to  go  ? 

Father  Rapp. — We  give  immediate  possession.  (Meaning  looks  ex- 
changed in  the  audience.) 

Frederick  Rapp. — It  might  be  well  to  add  that  we  also  surrender  in 
the  purchase  our  stock  and  goods  and  grain  in  part. 

Adam  Nachtrieb. —  (Recognized.)  Robert  Owen  will  get  a  fine  vine- 
yard. (Others.)  Yes,  and  fine  sheep  and  cows  and  hogs,  too. 
(All  nod  assent.) 

Father  Rapp. — That  is  well,  I  would  not  wish  that  we  sell  anything 
of  a  poor  quality. 

Jacob  Henrici. — The  will  of  the  father  must  be  done  and  we  are  glad 
that  he  knows  what  is  for  the  best. 

Father  Rapp. — Your  words  are  wise,  my  children,  I  shall  appoint  my 

son  Frederick  to  make  ready  the  lists  of  acres,  and  what  grows 

thereon ;  of  the  stock  as  to  what  kind  and  the  numbers  thereof ; 

of  the  mills  and  the  goods  and  the  buildings,  by  the  time  Robert 

Owen  comes. 
Frederick  Rapp. — It  shall  be  as  my  father  says.     The  lists  will  be 

ready. 
Father  Rapp. — As  I  have  so  often  done  before,  I  again  bless  you,  my 

children.    Let  us  sing.    Will  Jacob  Henrici  lead?     (Rap pit e  hymn 

is  sung.) 

2.    NEXT  EVENING  AT  THE  RAPPITE  HOME 

Persons— ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  George  Rapp,  Frederick  Rapp,  Mrs.  Johanna 
Rapp,  Gertrude  and  Rosina  Rapp.  Guests :  Robert  Owen,  William 
Owen,  Captain  McDonald,  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  George  Flower,  Richard 
Flower,  Frances  Wright  and  sister  Camilla,  Jacob  Henrici,  John 
Schnee  from  Springfield,  Ebenezer  Phillips  and  John  L.  Baker. 


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Gertrude  Rapp. —  {Before  guests  arrive,  improvising  at  the  piano.) 
Rosina,  let  us  sing.     (They  sing  an  old  Rappite  song.) 

Beauteous  Is  the  Wide  World.    (See  p.  22.) 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (Taking  the  violin  from  the  piano.)  I'm  glad  this 
IS  here ! 

Gertrude  Rapp. — Do  you  suppose  they  are  musicians? 

Frederick  Rapp. — Most  English  gentlemen  are ! 

Jacob  Henrici. — (Just  entering.)  I  see  you  are  having  some  music 
to-night ! 

Gertrude  Rapp. — Yes !  I  hope  you  know  a  good  many  Scotch  songs. 

Jacob  Henrici. — Yes !   I  shall  be  pleased  to  sing  them ! 

Father  Rapp. — (To  Frances  Wright,  just  entering.)  Welcome  to 
this  home,  Frances  Wright !  Workers  in  human  welfare  always 
have  a  place  in  my  home!  (Shaking  the  hand  of  Camilla  also.) 
Welcome  to  Camilla,  too. 

Frances  Wright. — The  interest  in  helping  the  less  fortunate  is  all- 
absorbing  and  makes  lighter  things  fade  away. 

Father  Rapp. —  (Shaking  hands  ivith  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Flozver.) 
Here  are  my  friends  from  Albion ;  they  are  also  community  be- 
lievers. 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (Going  to  the  door.)  Mr.  Owen,  I  am  glad  to  see 
you  and  your  son,  come.     (Shaking  hands  cordially  zvith  both.) 

Father  Rapp. —  (Reaching  out  his  hand  to  Robert  Oiven  and  taking 
Mr.  Oiven's  hand.)  My  brother  in  a  common  cause,  I  greet  you 
heartily ! 

Robert  Owen. — Yes,  we  are  brothers  in  a  common  cause.  My  system 
is  very  dear  to  me  and  the  opportunity  of  working  it  in  America 
opens  up  many  possibilities.  (Women  gather  themselves  in  a  group 
for  conversation.) 

France.s  Wright. —  (Coming  forzvard  to  meet  Robert  Ozven.)  Good 
evening,  Mr.  Owen.  Well,  our  "Worlds  are  not  remodelled  yet, 
and  the  human  race  is  not  redeemed  from  the  existing  state  of 
society,"  but  we  still  have  courage. 

Robert  Owen. — (Returning  greetings.)  I  have  no  doubt  that  my 
system  will  ultimately  succeed  and  that  crime  will  be  rooted  out, 
punishment  will  be  abolished,  and  dissension  and  warfare  disappear. 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (To  Robert  Ozven.)    Has  the  day  been  pleasant? 

Robert  Owen. — I  have  been  looking  around  and  find  all  things  as 
Richard  Flower  represented  them. 


BOOK    OF     WORDS  31 

Father  Rapp. — I  had  my  son  Frederick  list  the  land  and  the  belong- 
ings of  the  estate,  ready  to  make  the  transfer  when  you  came. 
(Turning  to  Frederick.)     Bring  the  paper. 

Frederick  Rapp. — (Drazving  the  papers  from  his  pocket,  hands  them 
to  his  father.)    Here  they  are,  father. 

Father  Rapp. — (Handing  the  papers  to  Robert  Owen.)  You  will 
find  everything  as  herein  listed. 

Robert  Owen. — (Handing  the  papers  back  to  Frederick.)  Read,  will 
you? 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (Reads.)     Town  of  Harmonie  and  Community. 

20,000  A.  of  first-rate  land ;  2,000  A.  highly  cultivated  land  and 
15  A.  vineyards  ;  35  A.  apple  orchards  ;  500  bearing  apple  trees  ;  i  peach 
orchard ;  i  pleasure  garden ;  i  three-story  water  mill ;  i  factory  of  cot- 
ton and  woolen  goods  ;  3  sawmills  ;  3  large  granaries  ;  .  .  .  i  tavern ; 
I  store;  i  tanyard.  Stock:  140  milk  cows,  125  steers,  28  heifers,  700 
sheep,  250  hogs,  16  horses,  8  wagons  and  carts,  8  plows.  Whisky, 
wool  and  furniture. 

Frederick  Rapp. — Does  the  list  come  up  to  your  expectation,  Mr. 
Owen? 

Robert  Owen. — It  does.  I  am  ready  to  sign  the  papers.  Can  I  not 
speak  for  you,  too,  William?     (Nodding  to  son.) 

William  Owen. — It  meets  with  my  entire  approval.  The  sum,  I  be- 
lieve, is  one  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars ! 

Frederick  Rapp. — That  is  right.  (Drawing  the  papers  toward  him.) 
I  shall  sign  my  name.    (Looking  at  his  quill  pen,  signs.) 

Robert  Owen. — Let  my  name  be  placed  next  to  yours.  (Signs.) 
George  Flower  here  can  sign  as  a  witness.     (He  signs.) 

Father  Rapp. — John  Schnee,  our  business  agent,  will  sign  it,  as  well 
as  Ebenezer  Phillips  and  John  L.  Baker.  (Father  calls  each  one  by 
name  as  he  takes  the  chair  to  sign  the  paper.) 

John  L.  Baker. — The  deed  is  done.  Harmonie  is  no  longer  ours.  (As 
he  finishes  his  signature.) 

Frederick  Rapp. —  (To  Robert  Ozven.)  I  shall  give  you  possession  as 
soon  as  you  wish  it. 

Robert  Owen. — I  hope  to  get  my  system  of  cooperation  in  working 
order  on  this  side  of  the  water  as  soon  as  possible. 

Father  Rapp. — Living  in  co-operation  and  brotherhood  are  the  only 
ways  for  a  happy  life.  These  squatters  all  about  were  here  when 
we  came  and  they  have  never  done  anything  for  themselves  and  are 


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still  in  a  pitiable  condition.  My  people  have,  by  steady  industry, 
accomplished  what  you  read  in  the  list.  This  shows  what  perfect 
equality  will  do  for  the  good  of  man. 

Robert  Owen. — I  trust  my  community  may  be  as  thrifty  as  yours. 
But  I  am  not  so  sure.  I  have  a  different  problem  to  deal  with,  and 
different  people  in  my  undertaking.  They  may  not  understand  my 
system  at  first. 

Father  Rapp. — There  is  no  reason  why  any  community  should  not 
succeed  by  co-operation  and  equal  sharing.  (Mr.  Ozven  and  Father 
Rapp  remain  seated  at  the  table.    The  paper  is  still  on  it.) 

William  Owen. —  (Going  to  the  piano.)  Mr.  Henrici,  let  us  have 
some  music. 

Jacob  Henrici. — Certainly.  (Gives  out  "Coming  Through  the  Rye.") 
(Gertrude  plays  the  accompaniments.) 

Robert  Owen. — You  compliment  us  to-night !  May  we  not  hear  some 
German  and  American  airs?  (The  band  then  starts  to  play  "The 
Vaterland."    All  listen.) 

Father  Rapp. — America  is  the  Fatherland !  This  is  the  land  of  oppor- 
tunity. 

Robert  Owen. — I  hope  I  shall  find  it  so. 

Father  Rapp. — Gertrude,  bring  some  of  the  fresh  grape  juice  so  Rob- 
ert Owen  can  see  the  flavor  of  the  fine  grapes  in  the  vineyard  that 
he  has  just  bought.  This  juice  is  made  from  cuttings  that  come  from 
Germany.  (Cake  and  grape  juice  are  handed  to  all  the  company 
by  Gertrude,  Rosina  Rapp  and  Camilla  IV right.) 

Robert  Owen. —  (Tasting  the  juice.)  This  is  indeed  fine  and  I  am 
glad  to  know  what  to  expect.  (When  through  sipping  juice  and 
glasses  are  taken.)  You  have  not  yet  let  us  hear  an  American 
song! 

Father  Rapp. — Jacob  Henrici,  will  you  lead  in  the  Star-Spangled 
Banner?     (Henrici  comes  to  the  front  and  all  join  in  the  singing.) 

Robert  Owen. —  (Rising.)  We  must  go.  It  has  been  a  happiness  to 
meet  a  man  who  believes  in  a  higher  social  state  and  is  carrying  out 
a  system  for  human  betterment.  I  shall  meet  you  again.  (Shaking 
hands.) 

Father  Rapp. — Yes,  we  shall  meet  again.  (Holding  the  hand  of 
Ozven.)  I  wish  you  to  hear  a  Rappite  community  song  before  you 
go.  (All  are  standing  and  join  in  the  Rappite  song,  "Children  of 
Friendship  and  Love"  (see  page  24),  after  ivhich  the  guests  de- 
part.) 


BOOKOFWORDS  33 

SCENE  V.    THE  DEPARTURE  OF  THE  RAPPITES,  1825 

Band  Plays  German  Airs  and  "Home,  Sweet  Home" 

TRUMPETER 

Look  ye !  The  Rappites  are  about  to  depart  from  Harmonic  to 
their  new  home  in  Pennsylvania. 

Cornetist  sounds  the  reveille  and  cries,  "The  William  Penn  is  at 
the  landing!  Be  ready!  Let  nothing  he  left!  Have  all  boxes  in  the 
wagon  ready  to  he  taken  to  the  hoat." 

Note.  The  people  are  all  dressed  as  they  zvere  ten  years  hefore, 
zvhen  they  came,  ready  for  traveling.  There  is  confusion.  The  old 
Rapp  zvagon  is  hacked  up  to  the  end  of  the  stage  and  hcing  packed 
with  hoxes  and  drazvn  to  the  hoat  by  men.  People  go  in  and  out,  for- 
getting things  and  going  hack  for  them.  Others  pick  up  things  to  re- 
member the  place  by.) 

Stage  Empty. 

The  Crier. — To  the  church!  To  the  church!  (People  hasten  to  the 
church  (zvhich  is  the  platform)  and  Father  Rapp  appears  as  on 
Sunday.) 

Father  Rapp. — My  children,  it  seems  fitting  to  come  to  the  house  of 
God  as  the  last  place  before  our  departure  on  the  William  Penn, 
for  our  new  home  in  Pennsylvania.  Here  we  have  worshiped  in 
spirit  and  in  truth.  The  very  walls  of  this  house  are  sacred  in 
memory  of  our  prayers  and  songs.  These  are  the  seats  (pointing 
to  them)  in  which  have  sat  those  who  have  gone  to  their  reward, 
and  where  we  shall  soon  go.  (Some  of  the  people  break  down.) 
I  see  some  of  you  moved  almost  to  tears !  Let  this  not  be  so,  but 
rather  let  it  be  a  matter  of  rejoicing  that  we  are  to  conquer  a  new 
wilderness  and  make  it  fruitful,  as  we  have  done  this.  We  are  not 
parting  from  one  another,  but  all  go  as  a  family  to  strengthen  one 
another,  and  that  being  so,  our  new  home  will  in  a  little  time  be  as 
dear  as  this  has  been  to  us.  Saying  farewell  to  a  place  is  not  say- 
ing farewell  to  a  friend.  Let  both  our  feelings  and  our  words  be 
full  of  cheer  and  hope.  Let  our  leavetaking  of  the  place  be  as  befits 
our  strength.  The  boat,  the  William  Penn,  lies  waiting  for  us. 
One  moment  to  say  goodbye,  and  I  shall  lead  you  forth  singing  the 
same  song  that  you  sang  when  you  came  here  ten  years  ago.  (Fare- 
wells are  taken  and  men  kiss  men  and  ivomen  kiss  zvomcn  and  they 
follow  Father  Rapp  in  recessional  singing  till  the  last  ones  can  be 
heard  no  more.) 

Stage  Empty. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  HISTORICAL  NOTES 

TO  EPISODE  III 

Robert  Owex. — Robert  Owen,  one  of  the  most  advanced  men  of  his  genera- 
tion, was  born  at  Newtown,  Wales,  May  14,  1771.  He  was  self-educated, 
and  being  by  nature  a  close  observer,  and  having  the  power  to  use  his  ob- 
servations ;  by  the  time  he  had,  through  serving  various  apprenticeships,  come 
to  the  position  of  controlling  the  mills  of  New  Lanark,  Scotland,  in  January, 
1800,  he  was  filled  with  the  possibilities  of  what  might,  in  such  a  position,  be 
done  to  make  life  less  dreary  for  those  whose  chances  for  wage-earning  were 
growing  less  every  day  by  the  rapid  introduction  of  machinery.  He  began  his 
illustrious  philanthropical  work  here  among  the  operatives  consisting  of  from 
thirteen  to  fourteen  hundred  families,  with  from  four  to  five  hundred  pauper 
children.  By  the  application  of  his  wise  schemes  for  giving  training  in  living, 
and  instruction,  and  by  especial  care  for  the  little  children  whom  he  was  the 
first  to  gather  into  an  infant  school.  New  Lanark  soon  came  to  be  widely  known 
and  attracted  educators  and  philanthropists  from  all  parts  of  the  world  to  see 
what  could  be  done  and  what  was  being  done  for  the  betterment  of  workmen 
through  co-operative  life.  With  this  large  experience  in  social  reform,  Robert 
Owen  accepted  the  offer  of  the  Harmonic  estates  in  America,  made  by  Richard 
Flower  at  the  request  of  George  Rapp,  and  came  to  this  country  hoping  to  find 
"New  Harmony"  as  he  christened  it,  a  place  where  he  could  work  out  his  social 
theories  in  an  untrammeled  way.  The  Owen  Community  at  New  Harmony, 
was  short  lived  as  a  co-operative  body;  but  like  the  winged  seeds,  their  ideas 
have  found  lodgment  and  grown  into  the  great  social  and  reform  movements 
without  in  many  instances  knowing  that  they  were  wafted  from  the  mind  of  this 
great  man.  It  is  asserted  that  such  a  company  as  gathered  in  the  Owen  com- 
munity at  New  Harmony  has  seldom,  if  ever,  been  seen  on  this  continent.  (See 
Guide  Book  to  New  Harmony.)  Robert  Owen  had  the  good  fortune  of  moral 
support  by  his  sons.  Robert  Dale  Owen  deserves  a  pageant  by  himself,  as 
being  one  of  the  most  able  men  of  Indiana,  as  lawmaker,  educator,  writer  and 
a  champion  of  justice;  a  worthy  son  of  such  a  father  as  Robert  Owen. 

Fr.'^nces  Wright.  Frances  Wright  was  one  of  the  moving  spirits  in  the  New 
Harmony  community.  She  and  her  sister,  Camilla,  were  reared  by  Jeremy 
Bentham,  who  educated  them  according  to  his  own  theories,  and  as  a  result 
I'rances  was  well  informed  on  general  topics,  versed  in  the  literature  of  the  day, 
and  spoke  French  and  Italian  fluently.  She  had  traveled  for  years  in  Europe 
and  knew  many  distinguished  persons,  counting  General  Lafayette  as  her  friend. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century  she  was  a  strong  advocate  of  "Wom- 
an's Suffrage,"  lecturing  upon  it  in  a  most  convincing  way  in  New  Harmony  and 
throughout  the  country.  She  advocated  the  abolition  of  African  slavery,  trying 
an  actual  experiment  in  the  realization  of  her  views  in  Tennessee.  She  also 
spoke  on  co-education,  and  equality  and  justice  before  the  law. 


Robert  Owen 


BOOKOF    WORDS  35 


EPISODE  III 

THE  OWEN  COMMUNITY  AT  NEW  HARMONY,  1825-1826 

The  Band  Plays  Scotch  Airs 

TRUMPETER 

Ho  ye !  In  place  of  Rappites  gone,  here  now 
The  Owenites  a  new  community 
Do  form,  and  Constitution  do  adopt. 
Hear !   Robert  Owen  speaks  upon  his  plans  ! 

SCENE  I.    MEETING  OF  THE  OWEN  SOCIETY  IN 

MAY,  1825 

Latter  part  of  the  evening  of  the  adoption  of  the  constitution  for 
the  Preliminary  Society. 

a.  Song.   "Land  of  the  JVest." 

"Land  of  the  West,  we  come  to  thee. 
Far  o'er  the  desert  of  the  sea ; 
Under  thy  white-winged  canopy 
Land  of  the  West  we  fly  to  thee ; 
Sick  of  the  Old  \\'orld's  sophistry : 
Hasten  then  across  the  dark,  blue  sea, 
Land  of  the  West  we  rush  to  thee ! 
Home  of  the  brave :  soil  of  the  free, — 
Huzza !   She  rises  o'er  the  sea." 

SiDig  by  the  Oivcn  party  on  shipboard,  en  route  to  N^ezu  Harmony 

b.  Robert  Owen  at  the  meeting  just  after  the  Adoption  of  the  first 

Constitution. 

My  Friends: 

Your  "Yea"'  this  night  hath  placed  us  under  law 
Which  points  to  fairer  days  and  happier  life 
And  by  your  judgment  will  we  gladly  bide. 
jMy  hopes  are  high  and  I  am  moved  to  look 
Upon  this  goodly  place  in  which  to  work 
Out  social  dreams  that  haunt  me  night  and  day ; 


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Not  dreams  but  schemes  that  must  come  true  at  last. 
In  them  I  see  the  Httle  children  saved 
From  blighted  life  that  they  must  surely  live 
But  for  our  guiding  hand  to  lead  them  on  ; 
And  men  no  longer  wretched,  starved  and  sad, 
But  filled  with  hope  and  pride  to  meet  life's  needs ; 
And  women  looking  forth  each  day  with  trust, 
And  all  men  brothers  in  a  common  hope, 
And  sharers  in  a  daily  toil  made  sweet 
By  knowledge,  science,  art,  and  fellowship 
Without  which,  this  our  life  were  poor  indeed. 
All  these  and  more  I  see  must  come  to  pass ! 
Here  with  right-minded  helpers,  striving  each 
The  same  high  end  to  win  in  different  way, 
What  can  we  not  achieve  in  this  fair  spot. 
Both  for  ourselves  and  other  souls  to  come 
In  far  off  time,  it  may  be  centuries  hence. 
Who  will  new  purpose  take  from  our  resolve. 
And,  striving,  make  their  social  schemes  work  out, 
And  live  with  men  as  brothers,  sharing  all 
Of  goods,  and  pain  and  joy  and  worthy  toil. 
This  is,  my  friends,  the  goal  my  life  would  reach ! 

(A  moment's  pause.) 

William    Pelham. —  (Stands    till   recognized    by    the    chair    before 
speaking.) 

This  meeting  reaches  now  a  happy  close. 
Our  constitution  makes  provision  full 
For  guidance,  check,  and  unforeseen  events. 
Thanks  to  our  leader's  counsel  wise  and  true. 
On  which  we  more  and  more  shall  look  for  help 
In  days  to  come  when  questions  grow  perplexed. 

Thomas  Palmer. —  (After  being  recognized  by  the  chair.) 
In  looking  round  upon  such  numbers  here 
I  puzzled  am,  to  know  the  reason  why  ? 
What  brought  them  hence  who  heralded  the  start 
Of  our  community  untried  and  new  ? 

Robert  Owen. — 

That  is  because  my  intent  was  made  known 
And  men  who  sought  to  find  a  better  life. 
Hoped  here  they  might  begin  to  live  anew. 

William  Twigg. — (Upon  being  recognized.) 

Well  pleased  I  am ;  our  name  henceforth  shall  be 
"New  Harmony,"  not  simple,  "Harmonic." 


BOOK    OF    WORDS  37 

William  Owen. — 

"New  Harmony"  seems  better  to  express 

Our  purpose  here  in  keeping  all  that's  good 

And  adding  unto  that,  free  thought,  free  speech, 

And  opportunity  for  happiness 

Which  makes  for  growth  and  good  and  larger  life. 

All  this  is  but  a  newer  Harmony, 

Well  pleased  am  I  you  like  the  change  in  name. 

William  Sampson. — (Recognkcd  by  the  chair.) 

So  great  and  grand  seems  this  our  starting  out 

That  I  am  pressed  our  leader  here  to  ask 

How  long  these  dreams  of  better  social  life 

Have  haunted  him  and  when  they  first  commenced 

To  shape  themselves  as  possible  for  man 

To  meet  life's  higher  issues  and  be  more  a  man? 

Robert  Owen. — 

That  story  would  be  long  to  tell,  O,  Friend ! 
Including  my  whole  life  since  first  I  saw 
Man's  labor  set  aside  by  the  machine ; 
No  way  there  seemed  to  win  back  happiness 
But  effort  joined  co-operate  to  one  end. 
It  was  in  Scotland  that  this  came  to  me. 
But  this  home  of  the  free,  and  untried  ways 
Did  lure  me  on,  and  here  we  start  to-night. 

Robert  Jennings. — 

I  have  firm  faith  in  our  experiment. 

But  those  there  are  who  pointed  questions  ask, 

"What  get  you  out  of  this  in  worldly  goods  ?" 

Robert  Owen. — 

Who  asked  such  question  knows  not  of  our  aim ! 
To  ofifset  suffering  and  the  ills  of  life, 
'Tis  not  what  out  of  this  we  here  do  get ; 
What  we  put  in,  is  now  our  deep  concern. 
This  done,  the  rest  is  left  to  time  and  tide. 

People. — Good !  Good !  Good ! 

Robert  Jennings. — 

I  thank  our  leader  wise  for  his  remarks 
"What  can  I  put  in  ?"  is  the  question  now. 

Robert  Owen. — 

The  hour  is  late.  Much  has  been  done  to-night. 
But  I  see  here  the  music  lovers'  sign 


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Of  instruments  suggestive  of  delight, 
And  doubtless  many  voices  too  are  here 
Awaiting  chance  to  pour  forth  in  full  tone. 
Let  music  be  our  closing  word  this  time. 

Band  plays  Scotch  airs.    Many  go  fonvard  to  greet  the  leader.) 


SCENE  IL    THE  WELCOME  TO  THE  BOAT  LOAD  OF 
KNOWLEDGE,  1826 

Music  by  the  Band 

TRUMPETER 

Now  look  and  see  our  noted  guests  arrive, 
"Boat  Load  of  Knowledge"  they  henceforth  are  called, 
And  greetings  from  the  children  welcome  them  with  maypole 
dance. 

Let  the  fixing  of  the  maypole  in  the  centre  of  the  stage  he  a  part  of 
the  acting  and  the  conversation  he  heard  as  is  the  other  speeches. 

Persons  arranging  the  Pole:   Rohert  Jennings,  William  Sampson, 
John  Cooper.   {Come  in  together,  each  hearing  some  part  of  the  work.) 

Robert  Jennings. —  {Carrying  the  pole.)  Bright  day  for  the  guests, 
if  they  come  to-day ! 

John  Cooper. — Who  are  to  come  on  the  Philanthropist?  I  hope  they'll 
come  to-day,  I  want  to  see  them. 

Robert  Jennings. —  {Looking  up  from  his  zvork.)  Well,  they  look 
for  our  leader,  Robert  Owen,  back,  and  a  letter  a  week  ago  said  his 
eldest  son,  Robert  Dale  Owen,  is  coming  too. 

William  Sampson. — Some  one  told  me  there  was  no  naming  of  the 
scientists,  and  artists,  and  musicians,  and  inventors,  and  teachers 
coming  on  the  boat,  and  that  the  boat  was  already  called  the  "Boat 
Load  of  Knowledge." 

John  Cooper. — I  like  the  name  "Boat  Load  of  Knowledge." 

Robert  Jennings. — Yes,  "Boat  Load  of  Knowledge"  is  very  suitable 
for  such  a  cargo  of  learning  as  it  carries. 

John  Cooper. — The  maypole  will  soon  be  up.   Are  the  children  ready? 

William  Sampson. — You  may  be  sure  that  the  children  will  be  on 
hand  when  anything  is  to  be  done !    They'll  enjoy  it  greatly! 


BOOKOFWORDS  39 

Robert  Jennings. —  (As  the  maypole  is  finished.)  Listen!  (All 
stop.)  Just  finished  in  time!  Hear  that  shout!  (Heard  in  the 
distance.)  "The  boat  has  come!"  "The  Boat  Load  of  Knowl- 
edge !"    "The  Boat  Load  of  Knowledge !" 

John  Cooper. — Let's  go  see.  (All  pick  up  tools  and  go  out  the  middle 
door.) 

Music  is  heard  and  the  children  are  seen  with  baskets  of  flowers 
or  leaves  in  their  hands,  strezcing  them  as  they  come,  for  the  visitors  to 
walk  on.  Children  diz'ide  and  form  in  two  lines  hetzveen  zvhich  the  vis- 
itors pass.    The  visitors  are  as  follozcs: 


BOAT  LOAD  OF  KNOWLEDGE 

Robert  Owen,  founder  of  the  community. 

Robert  Dale  Owen,  eldest  son,  statesman  and  author. 

William  Maclure,  geologist,  philanthropist,  educator. 

Thomas  Say,  scientific  author,  father  of  American  zoology. 

Charles  Alexander  Lesueur,  naturalist,  artist. 

Dr.  Gerard  Troost,  Holland  geologist,  mineralogist. 

William  Phiquepal  d'Arusmont,  teacher  of  mathematics  and  music. 

Frances  Wright,  lecturer  and  editor,  with  sister, 

Mme.  Marie  D.  Fretageot,  teacher,  IMaclure's  agent. 

A.  E.  Fretageot,  her  son,  pupil  of  Phiquepal. 

Samuel  Chase,  chemist. 

Mrs.  Chase,  artist  and  musician. 

Oliver  Evans,  Jr.,  son  of  the  inventor.    Plow  factory. 

John  Beal,  wife  and  daughter.    Mr.  Beal  a  teacher. 

Peter  Duclos,  nephew  of  Mme.  Fretageot,  scenic  art. 

Victor  Duclos,  nephew  of  ]\Ime.  Fretageot,  pupil  of  Phiquepal. 

Virginia  Du  Palais,  married  William  Augustus  Twigg. 

Victor  Du  Palais,  brother  of  V^irginia. 

Cornelius  Tiebout,  engraver  and  printer,  with  daughter. 

John  Speaman  and  family,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Academy  of 

Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia. 
Captain  McDonald,  Lord  of  the  Isles,  friend  of  Owen. 
Miss  Lucy  Sistaire  (and  two  sisters),  artist,  married  Thomas  Say. 
Allen  Ward,  pupil,  afterwards  teacher. 
Mark  Penrose,  pupil  in  the  school  of  industry. 


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Balthazar,  a  Swiss  artist. 
Amadie  Dufor,  pupil  of  Phiquepal. 
Charles  Falque,  pupil  of  Phiquepal. 

Name  of  the  boat,  "Philanthropist." 
Arrived  January  26,  1826. 

William  Pelham. — {Stepping  to  the  front.) 

I  now  do  welcome  Robert  Owen  back 

The  time  has  heavy  hung  with  him  away. 

I  welcome  also  Robert  Dale,  his  son, 

And  in  the  name  of  this  community 

I  greet  all  guests  that  made  what  we  now  call. 

Boat  Load  of  Knowledge,  from  its  cargo  rare. 

Will  not  our  leader  give  us  now  a  word? 

Robert  Owen. — 

Right  glad  am  I  to  be  with  you  again. 

My  thoughts  have  in  my  absence  turned  to  you 

And  to  the  work  that  now  before  us  lies. 

{Points  to  son) 
My  son  has  come  to  aid  us  in  all  things 
And  these  wise  persons  here  though  strangers  now 
Will  through  their  science,  music,  art  and  power. 
To  teach  and  lead  and  make  of  this  a  place 
Where  all  may  find  help  in  what  most  he  likes. 
Thomas  Palmer. — 

Now  for  the  children,  let  me  greet  you  all. 
They  have  for  you  a  Maypole  dance  prepared 
In  honor  of  our  leader  and  his  son. 
And  others  new  to  our  community. 

Children  dance  around  the  maypole — guests  look  on  with  pleased 
faces.  When  children  are  through  they  chasse  out  the  center  door. 
The  guests  shake  hands  and  also  go  out  through  the  center  door. 

SCENE  in.    A  VISIT  TO  THE  OWEN  SCHOOL,  1826 
TRUMPETER 

Ho  ye  !   Ho  ye  !   School  time  is  now  at  hand  ! 
The  Owen  school  now  calls  its  children  in ! 
Here  education  is  the  need  supreme ; 
From  infancy  to  youth,  no  pains  are  spared 
To  train  and  shape  the  young  for  useful  life. 
Where  hand  and  eye  and  brain  together  work. 


William  jNIaclure 


BOOK    OFWORDS  41 


Teachers. — Joseph  Neef,  head  master  and  linguist;  Mrs.  Neef  and 
Madam  Fretageot,  teachers  of  the  infant  school ;  Phiquepal  d'Arus- 
mont,  mathematics  and  music;  Thomas  Say,  science  (zoology); 
Alexander  Lesueur,  natural  science  and  drawing;  Cornelius  Tie- 
bout,  engraver  and  printer ;  John  Beal,  cabinet  maker. 

Pupils. — Members  of  the  community's  children. 

(Members  of  the  industrial  class  follow  their  teacher  and  take  down 
their  tools  for  work  at  the  carpenter's  bench.) 

Head  Master  Neef. — 

All  ready  for  work!  {pupils  are  standing  by  their  posts.) 

To-day  there  will  no  new  thing  be  commenced, 

Our  time  we'll  give  to  finishing  our  work. 

To-morrow  the  keen-eyed  inspector  comes 

To  look  upon  the  progress  here  we've  made. 

Now  hold  up  each  the  piece  that's  nearest  done. 

Each  pupil  holds  up  the  piece  as  commanded;  no  tzvo  alike. 

{Next  enters  the  class  in  natural  history.  Pupils  bear  in  hands 
baskets  of  plants;  some  bringing  shells  from  the  cabinet;  others  stones 
from  the  community.  All  placing  zvhat  they  bring  on  a  table  in  the 
middle  of  the  stage  for  the  purpose.  Thomas  Say  and  Lesueur  are 
there. ) 

Thomas  Say. — 

Well  done  !    Fine  specimens  you  bring  to-day ! 
One  trip  with  such  a  find  lasts  many  days, 
Put  by  your  trophies  with  the  greatest  care 


The  Owen  School. — To  William  Maclure,  scientist  and  philanthropist,  was 
entrusted  the  educational  department  of  the  Owen  Community.  He  was  one  of 
the  earhest  champions  of  industrial  schools.  He  founded  a  library  at  New 
Harmony  that  has  lived  and  flourished  through  seventy-six  years,  and  is  now 
one  of  the  best  in  the  state.  In  accordance  with  his  will,  160  libraries  were 
established  in  Indiana  and  Illinois.  In  1826  the  industrial  department  of  the 
Owen  school  in  New  Harmony  were  printing  books  that  would  be  a  credit  to 
any  vocational  school  now  in  the  country.  They  also  did  splendid  bench  work 
and  learned  blacksmithing  and  other  industries  which  this  generation  is  now 
coming  to.  The  sciences  of  botany,  geology  and  nature  study  received  great 
attention.  The  school  was  taught  by  teachers  trained  in  Europe,  men  and 
women  of  experience  and  culture  brought  here  by  William  Maclure.  In  the 
museum  at  New  Harmony  are  to  be  seen  the  rollers  of  the  printing  press  used 
in  the  Owen  school  and  mathematical  and  arithmetical  instruments  that  show 
the  advanced  ideas  of  the  educators  in  the  New  Harmony  experiment.  Robert 
Owen's  idea  of  the  infant  school  tried  in  Scotland  was  begun  here.  This  was 
twenty-one  years  before  Froebel  began  the  Kindergarten  movement,  and  forms 
great  contrast  with  other  attempts  at  education  in  bodies  of  social  effort. 


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That  they  be  kept  for  other  lesson's  use ; 
To-day  the  drawing  master  claims  your  time 
And  by  close  observation  of  the  whole 
Thus  drawing  well  our  specimen  entire 
The  separate  parts  are  easily  understood. 

The  pupils  make  the  putting  aicay  of  their  specimens  a  feature  of 
the  action. 

{While  all  the  other  classes  are  busily  absorbed  in  their  ivork  the 
Infant  class  enters,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Neef  and  Madam  Fretageot. 
One  of  the  teachers  at  the  piano  as  they  march  in  and  go  to  the 
infant  table  at  the  side  of  the  stage  opposite  the  industrial  zvork.  The 
number  frames  of  the  Ozven  time  are  to  be  used  for  a  little  count- 
ing exercise  and  there  zvill  be  a  dance  and  some  little  game.)  Teachers 
are  very  informal;  the  children  calling  Madam  Fretageot  "Mother." 

Visitors  to  the  school,  Robert  Owen,  William  Maclure,  Frances 
Wright,  Robert  Dale  Owen,  Josiah  Warren. 

William  AIaclure. —  {To  Head  Master  Neef.)  Have  the  children 
seen  Robert  Owen  here  since  his  return?  {Upon  being  anszvered 
no,) 

Now  listen  all  to  what  our  leader  says. 

He  comes  with  pleasure  here  our  work  to  see. 

Robert  Owen. — 

I  have  not  time  to  look  at  all  the  work 

Here  carried  on  to-day ;  but  pleased  I  am 

To  see  so  many  gathered  at  their  tasks 

In  working  out  our  system  in  each  line 

That  trains  the  hand  and  eye  and  brain  at  once. 

Frances  Wright. — 

I  do  rejoice  to  see  both  boys  and  girls 
Together  work  in  learning  useful  things 
And  when  to  adult  life  they  come  no  bar 
Shall  separate  their  tasks ;  but  they  shall  still 
As  equals  be  to  shape  and  make  the  laws. 

William  Maclure. — {Going  to  the  printing  case.) 
No  implement  of  life  exceeds  the  press, 
It  is  the  school  and  teacher  of  mankind. 

{Pointing  to  a  pupil.) 
Bring  the  Disseminator  here  and  show 
What  work  this  school  can  do  in  printing  books. 

{Addressing  visitors.) 


BOOKOFWORDS  43 

Look  now  at  this  and  see  the  workmanship 
Our  schoolboys  here  are  doing  day  by  day, 
In  making  books  to  last  a  hundred  years. 

Robert  Owen. — 

This  justifies  the  system  that  we  teach 

In  useful  arts  for  all  the  needs  of  life, 

To  print  and  publish  in  this  school  such  books. 

Frances  Wright. — Do  you  not  send  the  books  out  from  this  place? 

William  Maclure. — 

We  send  our  wagon  out  with  good  books  filled 
And  knowledge  we  diffuse  by  carrying  it. 

Robert  Dale  Owen. — 

One  day,  I  prophesy,  your  work  will  grow 
Into  a  travelling  library  through  the  land. 

Frances  Wright. — 

That  is  indeed  what  I  should  call  it  now. 
What  papers  have  you  in  New  Harmony? 

William  AIaclure. — 

New  Harmony  Gazette  is  our  town's  boast 

We  use  it  as  a  reader  in  the  school. 

Come  forward,  John,  and  read  from  the  Gazette. 

John. —  (Coming  forzvard.)    What  matter  is  it  that  you  wish  to  hear? 
William  jMaclure. — Read  heading  first  and  then  what  you  select. 

John. — "If  we  cannot  reconcile  all  opinions,  let  us  endeavor  to  unite 
all  hearts." 

Fifty-first  year 

of 

Political  Independence. 

First  year  of 
Mental  Independence. 

News  Item.    William  Maclure  will  give  a  prize  of  $200  for  the  best 
essay  upon  the  subject,  "The  Value  of  Education." 

Frances  Wright. — Good.      (Turning  to   William  Maclurc.)     Read 
more,  John. 

John. — "New  View  of  Society,"  by  Robert  Owen,  just  published  and 
for  sale  at  the  New  Harmony  store. 

At  the  celebration  of  the  National  Jubilee,  at  Marietta,  Ohio,  among 
the  set  toasts  was  the  following : 


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"Woman. — May  the  experiment  about  being  tried  in  New  Har- 
mony, of  the  same  intellectual  cultivation  of  the  sexes,  prove  that 
woman's  mental  capacity  is  equal  to  that  of  men." 

Frances  Wright. — I  am  pleased  to  hear  that  our  experiment  is  of 
interest  to  our  neighbors. 

Madam  Fretageot. —  (Coming  forn'ord,  greeting  them.)  Gentlemen, 
may  I  ask  you  to  see  the  infant  school  before  they  go  out?  {All  go 
over  to  the  other  side  and  see  the  school  count,  then  dance,  when 
they  march  out  of  the  room  through  the  middle  door  of  the  stage.) 
{Pointing  to  the  pictures  on  the  zi'all.)  My  children  learn  a  great 
deal  by  pictures.  (Turning  to  a  cabinet.)  Mr.  Lesueur  is  prepar- 
ing a  cabinet  of  mineralogy  for  my  pupils.   They  love  him  dearly. 

Robert  Owex. — 

At  nothing  do  I  feel  a  greater  joy 

Than  in  delight  that  children's  fancy  holds. 

You  wisely  let  them  march  from  view, 

They  ought  not  be  confined  to  tasks  so  young. 

William  Maclure. — 

You  see  not  all  to-day  we  here  do  teach. 
Each  master  his  appointed  time  does  take 
For  higher  mathematics,  art  or  music. 
And  thus  all  blend  in  one  harmonious  whole. 
No  faculty  shall  dormant  lie  with  us. 

JosiAH  Warren. —  (Coming  in.)  We  have  our  band  to-day.  Would 
you  like  to  hear  the  music  of  our  men? 

William  ^Maclure. — 

Josiah  Warren,  leader  of  our  band, 
Will  entertainment  give  us  now  outside. 
Shall  we  not  follow  him  and  hear  him  play? 

A^eef  has  boys  put  away  their  tools  and  all  the  school  go  out.  Fol- 
lowing them  are  the  guests,  and  the  music  is  heard  outside. 

SCENE  IV.    A  SOCIAL  EVENING  IN  THE  OWEN 
COMMUNITY 

Note.  This  is  a  dress  parade  in  the  costumes  of  the  Ozi'cnite  time 
and  the  main  feature  is  the  impersonation  of  the  noted  visitors  and 
members  of  the  community.  There  is  no  fixed  conversation  but  panto- 
mime of  it.  The  participants  mingle  through  the  company  witJi  the 
slowness  and  ease  of  gentle  manners,  and  bozu  and  motion  the  lips  as 
if  in  talk.   One  main  aim  is  so  to  arrange  it.  that  each  person  will  zcalk 


Frances  ^^'KIGHT 


BOOK    OF    WORDS 


45 


across  the  stage  before  the  audience  at  least  once  during  the  mingling 
time.  After  a  while  the  music  will  begin,  then  the  trumpeter  shouts, 
"On  zvith  the  dance/'  and  those  in  the  minuet  gather  toward  the  middle 
of  the  stage  and  the  others  form  in  picturesque  groups  for  a  back- 
ground for  the  dancers.  These  persons  help  to  center  all  interest  in 
the  dance.  At  the  end  of  the  minuet,  the  dancers  lead  the  grand  march 
from  the  stage  and  the  onlookers  follow  in  pairs  after  them,  going 
zvith  ivhomever  they  are  by  at  the  time. 

The  object  of  this  scene  is  to  bring  out  the  social  characteristics  of 
the  Oiven  community.  The  minuet  is  very  stately  and  should  give  the 
audience  the  impression  that  the  dancers  are  to  tlie  manner  born. 


FINALE 

GRAND  REVIEW  OF  THE  PAGEANT 

TRUMPETER 

Give  ye  heed  !  The  school  children's  Pageant  now  draws  to  a  close ! 
There  will  be  a  grand  review  of  the  persons  as  they  march  by.  You 
will  first  hear  the  song,  "New  Harmony,"  sung  with  the  music  of  the 
band. 

NEW  HARMONY 

A  Centennial  Tribute 

Music  by  Mr.  Fritz  Krull 

Good  Father  Rapp  and  worthy  band  from  far  across  the  sea, 
First  made  their  home  in  Penn's  fair  land  and  thence  in  "Harmonic" ; 
Here  primal  forests  dense  were  felled  and  happy  homes  sprang  up, 
And  waving  grain  and  garnered  store  till  increase  filled  the  cup. 
But  prosperous  life  could  not  restrain  from  mem'ries  of  the  place 
Where  first  they  came  to  cast  their  lot  with  Freedom's  new-born  race ; 
So  from  their  homes  and  fertile  lands  and  gardens  fair  to  see. 
They  back  to  Pennland  took  their  way  leaving  dear  "Harmonic." 

Chorus 

Hail !  all  hail !  to  the  fathers  so  true ! 

Their  mem'ries  we  bless  for  what  they  dared  do. 

Rich  thanks  do  we  bring ;  glad  songs  do  we  sing 

And  rich  homage  pay  on  this  jubilant  day 

To  the  fathers  so  true,  for  what  they  dared  do, 

Outlasting  a  century  just  passed  away! 

All  honor  to  them  on  this  jubilant  day! 


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HISTORICAL    PAGEANT 


From  Scotia's  realm  the  Owen  group  came  to  fair  "Harmonie" 
Where  Rappite  homes  and  fertile  lands  and  gardens  fair  to  see, 
All  greeted  them  as  fitting  place  to  live  their  dreams  so  grand, 
For  bettering  the  human  race  in  this  great  Western  land. 
Large  souls  who  came  from  ev'ry  part  to  learn  the  Master's  thought, 
Here  from  him  gained  his  ideas  new  and  inspiration  caught. 
To  Robert  Owen  and  his  band,  our  debt  is  vast  to-day ; 
True  pioneers  in  progress  they  to  reach  a  better  way. 
Chorus 

From  Harmonic  her  founders  wise,  have  long  since  passed  away ; 
But  they  have  left  a  shining  light  in  which  we  walk  to-day. 
Who  meet  to  mark  a  hundred  years  since  here  they  first  began 
Their  noble  effort  to  uplift  the  entire  life  of  man. 
Sacred  this  spot  to  every  soul  that  sees  with  forward  look 
And  values  all  the  good  there  is  in  life  as  well  as  book. 
Thrice  sacred  spot !  to  those  who  read  the  meaning  clear  and  true 
Of  knowledge,  love  and  will  in  man,  that  works  the  power  to  do ! 
Chorus 

As  the  pageant  ends,  the  band  plays  America  and  the  entire  audi- 
ence joins  in  the  singing.  Band  continues  to  play  other  selections  till 
the  company  is  dispersed. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  Mr. 
George  B.  Lockwood  for  the  free  use  of  his  book,  "The  New  Harmony 
Communities,"  and  to  the  Journal  of  William  Owen,  written  at  the 
time  the  New  Harmony  settlements  were  being  made,  along  with  the 
other  invaluable  books  in  the  New  Harmony  library  which  have  been 
so  kindly  put  in  my  hands  by  the  librarian,  Mrs.  Nora  Fretageot. 

I  am  further  indebted  to  the  kind  friends  in  New  Harmony  for 
their  generous  consideration  in  helping  to  make  the  school  children's 
pageant  a  success.  My  gratitude  to  Mrs.  Corinne  Barcus  for  the 
music  to  the  stanza  of  the  Fjoston  Hymn,  and  to  Mr.  Fritz  Krull  for 
the  music  to  the  Centennial  Tribute  will  be  lasting. 


PAGEANT  COMMITTEES 


Assistant  Directors 

Introduction— Mrs.  Charles  K.  Cox 
Pioneer  Episode — Miss  Louise  Husband 
Rapp  Episode— Mrs.  Emma  M.  Wolfe 
Owen  Episode— Mrs.  D.  W.  Donald 
Review   of   the    Pageant— W.    B.    Mum- 
ford. 


Games 

Miss  Caroline  C.  Pelham 
Miss  Sophia  Miesel 
Miss  Lena  Heuring 
Miss  Goldie  V.  Brill 
Mr.  G.  U.  Hargitt 


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47 


PAGEANT  COMMITTEES—Contmue^ 

Chairman  of  the  Committees 


Cast— Miss  Bertha  E.  Cox 
Costumes— Mrs.  Helen  Chadwick 
Music— Miss  Geraldine  Pote  and 

Mrs.  George  L.  Ford 
Stage  Properties— Mr.  Will  Chaffin 


Posters— Mrs.  George  L.  Ford  and  Rose 

Linxwiler 
Publicity— Mr.  Court  Corbin 
Reception— Mr.  J.  W.  Hiatt 


Advisory  Committee 
Governor  Samuel  Ralston  VV.  V.  Mangrum 
Charles  Greathouse  Meredith  Nicholson 

Y^^^J.S^  ^-  Lockwood  Booth  Tarkington 

Wilham  Lowe  Bryan  Mrs.  Julia  Fried  Walker 

Logan  Esary  Mrs.  Eugene  F.  Owen 


Mrs.  Bella  Golden 
Mrs.  Elisa  L.  Ford 
Mrs.  Phoebe  Stoker  Elliott 
Miss  Anna  Birbeck  Ford 


CHIEF  TRUMPETER-MR.  ROBERT  CHAFFIN 

NEW  HARMONY  SCHOOL  CHILDREN 
PRESENTING  THE  PAGEANT 


Primary  Grades 
Dalton  Anderson 
Delia  Anderson 
Margaret  Armstrong 
Elmer  Axton 
Elwood  Axton 
Leslie  Axton 
Ruth  Axton 
Everett  Axton 
William  Benton 
Elbert  Burrows 
Mary  Louise  Burrows 
Russell  Burrows 
Elizabeth  Bruce 
Priscilla  Bruce 
Gladys  Chafifin 
Goldie  Clayton 
Joseph  Colgate 
Joseph  Conrad 
Fannie  Cox 
Mary  Cox 
Stella  Crackels 
Anna  Davis 
Ina  Davis 
Maurice  Davis 
Denzill  Dunbar 
Frank  Eaton 
Helen  Endicott 
Lloyd  Fettinger 
Georgia  Fischer 
Robert  Franklin 
Theodore  Frayser 
Chester  Freeman 


Genevieve  Freeman 
Gordon  Freeman 
Guy  Freeman 
Mary  Fretageot 
Copeland  Garris 
Joseph  Garris 
Alfred  Gentry 
Mary  Given 
Charles  Givens 
Beulah  Goodman 
Margie  Goodman 
Julia  Green 
Charles  Gregory 
Viola  Gregory 
Camilla  Harvey 
Fannie  Heckman 
Francis  Heckman 
Ivan  Hinderliter 
Paul  Hobby 

Eloise  Hopson 

Herschell  Holland 

Lena  Holland 

Elmer  Holies 

Genevieve  Hollis 

George  Horton 

Lavona  HufF 

Harold  Hugo 

Edgar  Hunter 

Genevieve  Hurd 

Gerald  Hurd 

Maurice  Hurd 

Richard  Hurd 

Mabel  Johnson 


Richard  Johnson 
Mabel  Jones 
Charles  Kemmerling 
Gennie  Kemmerling 
Helen  Kramer 
Helen  Kuykendall 
Herbert  Lane 
Paulinees  Lawless 
Harry  Linville 
Joseph  Loehr 
Robert  Loehr 
John  Mangrum 
Beulah  Marshall 
Dora  Marshall 
Sylvester  Marshall 
Louis  Matler 
Nellie  McCoy 
Chester  Morris 
Roy  Morris 
Nora  Moutrey 
Robert  Moutrey 
Gladys  Mynatt 
Gussie  O'Neel 
Raymond  Nelson 
Sarah  Nelson 
Neva  Nickens 
Lena  Owens 
Malcom  Owens 
Horace  Parker 
Aleta  Pelt 
Fred  Pendle 
Georgia  Perry 
Lillie  Petty 


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HISTORICAL     PAGEANT 


SCHOOL  CHILDREN— Co«//««if^ 


Percy  Petty- 
Lena  Pevens 
Neva  Pickens 
Dorothy  Pool 
Orum  Rawlings 
Arthur  Rutledge 
Elsie  Rtitledge 
Roy  Sanders 
Floyd  Schaflfer 
Frances  Shephard 
John  Shephard 
Rosana  Shephard 
Lilian  Smith 
Nora  Smith 
Dale  Stallings 
Henrietta  Stanley 
Worth  Stanley 
Eloise  Stone 
Geraldine  Stone 
Delia  Strickland 
Irene  Voliva 
May  Voliva 
Aline  Wade 
Chelsia  Wade 
Pearl  Wade 
Arthur  Watson 
Elbert  Watson 
Ellolee  Welchance 
Paul  Welchance 
Thelma  Welchance 
Oma  White 
Irma  Whitehead 
Ellen  Wiggins 
Fern  Wiggins 
Fred  Wiggins 
Ercell  Willy 
Menzie  Worley 
Walter  Worley 
John  Wright 
Elizabeth  York 

Grammar   Grades 

Robert  Alsop 
Bennie  Anderson 
Catherine  Anderson 
Clara  Anderson 
Richard  Anderson 
Mildred  Arman 
Maurice  Armstrong 
Dorothy  Axton 
Eugenia  Pjailey 
Jeanette  Bailey 


Copeland  Baldwin 
Lena  Baldwin 
Aline  Bluff 
Tvarene  Burgett 
Elzada  Burrows 
Marie  Cain 
John  Carr 
Presley  Carr 
Lela  Cato 
Ruth  Cato 
Harold  Chaffin 
Roy  Clayton 
Hester  Collins 
Lucile  Conrad 
Ethel  Cox 
Lonnie  Cox 
Mary  Cox 
Wallace  Cox 
Vincent  Crabb 
Vera  Davis 
Bessie  Denbo 
Joseph  Denninger 
Rosa  Denninger 
John  Donald 
Frank  Egler 
Geraldine  Endicott 
Ralph  Endicott 
Edna  Freeman 
Ethel  Freeman 
Garris  Freeman 
Paul  Freeman 
Roy  Freeman 
Walter  Finnel 
Lydia  Frieg 
Maxwell  Garris 
Martin  Greve 
Malcolm  Hancock 
Kenneth  Hayden 
Albert  Heckman 
Eloise  Hedge 
Elsie  Hempfling 
Marie  Holmes 
Anna  Horton 
Margie  Huff 
Herbert  Hugo 
Menzie  Kemmerling 
Winfred  Lance 
Merrill  Mann 
Inez  Martin 
Viola  Martin 
Stanley  Mitchell 
Herbert  Moore 


Iva  Moutray 
Jessie  Moutray 
Erma  Nick  ens 
Vern  Nickens 
MilfordO'Neel 
Ethel  Oxford 
Charlie  Pendle 
Maude  Pendle 
Naomi  Rawlings 
Arvis  Smith 
Donald  Smith 
Helen  Smith 
Orvall  Smith 
Etta  Stallings 
Marcella  Stallings 
Ralph  Stanley 
Carl  Stephens 
Elsie  Stephens 
Joseph  Stockert 
Frederick  Stockert 
Bessie  Streamer 
Etna  Streamer 
Nellie  Strickland 
Ernest  Sundermeier 
Pearl  Volvia 
Andrew  Vandaveer 
Bertha  Wade 
Mary  Wade 
William  Wade 
Elsie  Watson 
Winston  Welchance 
Edwin  Willv 
Hugh  White 
Mina  White 
Martha  Whitehead 
Maurice  Whitehead 
Alfred  Wright 
Rov  Wright 
Paul  York 

High  ScJwol 

Bunell  Alsop 
Leora  Armstrong 
Mary  Bailey 
Ellwood  Burrows 
Robert  Chaffin 
Mildred  Collins 
Eunice  Cox 
Margaret  Cox 
Raymond  Cox 
Margaret  Crabb 


George  Dinger 

Dorothy  Donald 
Mildred  Donald 
Agnes  Drinkwater 
Ruth  Elliott 
Mabel  Endicott 
Harold  Frazier 
Bertha  Freeman 
Noah  Fifer 
I\Iary  Frieg 
Ethel  Green 
Herbert  Hall 
Bernice  Hawkins 
Dewy  Hancock 
Louis  Heckmann 
Robert  Hinson 
Clara  May  Hobby 
Helen  Horton 
Geraldine  Hume 
Arvil  Hyatt 
Alvin  Johnson 
Paul  Johnson 
Oliver  Kemmerling 
Pote  Kemmerling 
Charles  Lawless 
Richard  Lawless 
Rose  Linxwiler 
Elmer  Miller 
Elmer  Meyers 
Mina  Robinson 
Kenneth  Nash 
Earl  Neel 
Mabel  Pendle 
Lawrence  Record 
Manford  Record 
John  Rutledge 
Ruth  Saltzman 
Charles  Schisley 
Wilbur  Smith 
Neva  Stockert 
Tsabelle  Stallings 
Natalie  Wade 
Pearl  Wade 
Clovce  Walls 
Mabel  Wbittaker 
Owen  Willy 
Gordon  Wilson 
Bessie  Woodson 
Oliver  Wolfe 
Nettie  York 


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